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It is really scary to setting at your computer, sober under no influences and have a pig fly by shouting, "I will never vote for GW again!"

Well, if you heard a pig fly by saying so it is somewhat more distressing than if you heard a human doing so. My own call on Mr. Bush: Too many question marks for comfort, particularly as regards domestic policy. (There are issues which were presumed, once upon a time, to be non-negotiable.) On the other hand, I make note of this much: He did, after all, promise in essence to govern not according to how much government he might get away with cutting or dissolving but, rather, how much he might get away with seeing or even raising, on behalf of the Right Things. And he has, by and large, kept that promise.

In fairness, there are two years and eight months remaining in Mr. Bush's term, and it is still a kind of open question as to whether it will prove to have been his first or his only term. And the coming Congressional and even gubernatorial elections should prove interesting enough so far as fortifying his position. But the road to Democratic hell is paved with Republican good intentions.

It's kind of funny. All the naysayers were saying prior to the election, GWB has no foreign policy experience. And up to 9-11, he was chugging along with all sorts of domestic issues, while meeting with various heads of states. (You know, relationship building) After 9-11, this strategy had to do a complete 180 regarding foreign issues (good thing he did some relationship building). It reminds me a of a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. I don't agree with him 100%, but he's doing better than anyone ever expected. He got off to a great start, and now everyone believes he is capable of so much more when a mere 18 months ago, he was the dufus from Texas.