The Monday ‘BushWhack’ing

Another week, another primary...

• Don’t look now, but the republican presidential candidates are pandering to the masses in Michigan… wow, I didn’t see that coming…
• “President” Bush is continuing his Middle-East trip. Today he’s in Dubai…
• We are starting to hear more and more complaints about the faulty, yet still “certified” fire-extinguishing system, in the $740 million U.S. embassy complex in Baghdad. Apparently the complaints have been coming out for a while but they were ignored and/or overruled. (I don’t know how this could surprise anyone, it’s the MO of the Bush(whacked) Administration…)
• According to the Wall Street Journal, (with Murdoch at the helm, take anything you read in it with a grain of salt) the revision of the FISA law, which includes immunity for the telcos, may be out of commission until at least 2009…
• John Edwards is placing a lot of stock in the looming South Carolina primary, hoping to, like he did in 2004, win the primary and catapult himself back into the race. Being a SC native and, generally, well-liked, the idea is not totally not out of the realm of possibility… so stay tuned.
• A new WaPo/ABC News poll shows John McCain moving into the national lead and Barack Obama overtaking Clinton’s once-insurmountable lead. As I’ve said many times already, this contest is no where near over, and we need to keep that in mind. Don’t let polls and poles affect your decision… make it up for yourself…
• Fred Thompson’s campaign has become more vitriolic in recent weeks… but it ain’t helping…
• And have we mentioned? That more and more people in this country are starting to see the light? It’s true… 79% of Americans say that the next president should “set the nation on a new course rather than following the direction in which Bush has been leading.” In comparison, Bush’s father had a rating near his end of 75%, Clinton had 48% and Reagan 58%... maybe change is more than a buzz word for this campaign. At least we can only hope…