Dancing Alone
OK, now even Thomas Friedman is convinced: It's time for Bush to go. Utterly lacking achievements on any other front, this administration's signature issue and accomplishment was supposed to be its success at waging war. But an utter lack of humility, and of willingness to listen to the opinions of anyone not in lockstep with its vision of the world, has caused Bush, Inc., to botch even the one thing it looked like it might do right. The willingness to pander to your base above any other concern may win you an election; it may even help you in the mid-terms. But Bush's poll numbers are in the toilet; you can't spit without finding someone who's run the numbers and noticed that nobody with approval numbers this low at this point in his term has ever been re-elected. I know, I know: Bush is special because he never got elected in the first place. But as long as Kerry can cling to the mantle of acceptability, it's hard to imagine that a plurality of American will decide they should let Bush keep his job when he's done so much to make it harder for them to keep theirs.
Of course, elections turn on who turns out, which could explain why Jasmine Trias wasn't even in the bottom two last night despite two wretched performances on Tuesday. Were all the adults too busy getting ready for the Frasier finale to watch and vote for La Toya and Fantasia? Check out this article; at the bottom of the page you'll see voting on who should go and who will win. Diana has a good shot now. One thing seems certain: people will vote again next week. Everyone I've talked to about the show thought this week was a given--Jasmine was going home. No one will be taking that for granted again next week.
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