White House Botch List 2005

It's getting a little long.

Social Security Reform
Terry Schiavo
Prescription Drug plan
Irag Constitution
Iraq Security
Torture policy defense/McCain Amendment clobbering.
Highway Bill
Pre-Katrina fumble
Post-Katrina bumble
Miers Nomination
Incoherant defense of Miers Nomination
Libby
Rove

I mean sheesh, when you've got Peggy Noonan calling Gillespie a "K-street behemoth" (and not in a friendly way) you've got real problems. CAFTA went through on vapors. The Energy bill by a hair. The highway bill is a stunning bloat, even viewed as a jobs bill. Miers is about to be made a fool of 24/7 on C-Span and the WH hasn't the tiniest clue what to do about it. Whether or not President Bush is really lost his rudder is still a question, but it's clear that we have some people in the WH Communications office need'in their Freedom medals. What are they smoking in that place?

Throw in the Republican Botch List of Tom DeLay, Bill Frist, Santorum's defeat, the attack on Mike Pence's actual conservatism, etc., and the '06 horizon (yes, still far away)does look choppy.


But, of course, with Mad-Eye Pelosi running the op, it's still anyone's game.