Is Bush tired?

I just saw a clip of him campaigning against Gore. He looked fifteen years younger.

Now he's getting more grief from his supporters. I think his belief in avoiding braggadocio and contention, both basic Christian teachings, may be putting him at a disadvantage.

Politics is not an area where you can turn the other cheek. If you don't answer, they take it as confirmation.

Still, he can't do everything himself. It's not his fault that the House Republicans can't keep their members together, or that the CIA is trying to undermine his presidency. Or that the news media in only slightly less crazy than John Hinckley.
Or that his own "friends" turned on him and ripped him to shreds over a nominee who didn't meet their expectations. As Karl Rove noted, Harriet Miers vetted over a hundred judges appointed by President Bush, none of whom were attacked by the right. So when he decides that she knows better than anybody else what he wants and is going to vote that way, George Will sneers and denounces and all the intellects on the right charge right after him like NPR following the NYTimes. Now they're bellyaching that he isn't effective.

When you've fragged your leader, don't expect him to save your bacon when you get surrounded.