Two heads in the sand

Anyone who saw the Bush-Blair press conference today knows what the above title means. I'll bet Bush would like to permanently deport those UK journalists who questioned him. He seems incapable of admitting he's made a colossal mistake in Iraq; in fact, I think the man is incapable of admitting to any mistake at all (at least since he kicked the bottle 20 years ago.) So today he talked in circles. His grim and sometimes angry face fit well with the weary but just as stubborn face of Tony Blair. And then came Fox-trained Tony Snow to finish the picture. All in all, one big sad and deadly circus.

The bi-partisan Iraq study group -- with nary a flaming liberal in the group (good grief, even Ed Meese is in there) -- has arrived at a consensus that kicks the unitary president right in the pants. And they told him their recommendations should not be cherry-picked. Not exactly what a unitary president wants to be told. It's gonna be a very stormy January.