Neologism

Andrew Sullivan endorses Mickey Kaus's term "pandescender" for a politician like John Kerry who panders and condescends at the same time. I don't think it has much of a future, since it doesn't really apply to any other politician I can think of.

Sullivan has another essay reminding us that Winston Churchill lost big as soon as the voters perceived that the Nazi threat had been eliminated, as if we needed it after Spain's left turn. It's worth repeating, though. In any sensible country Bush would be at 80% in the polls based just on his stand against terrorism, but I would think such a country would have a variety of points-of-view in its press and broadcast media.