very interesting article Ebbie - yes, even conservatives are calling Dubya inept. The article points out that he has been determinedly following a conservative agenda - and that the effects - Katrina, the centralisation of power, the Patriot Act,the Iraq War, Cutting taxes during wartime, the budget deficit - are the natural, inevitable result of the conservative governing philosophy.

It is dangerous to scapegoat George as the problem - the problem is not him, it's what he and his governing party are doing. As the article comments:

As should be painfully clear, the Bush administration has been overwhelmingly competent in advancing its conservative vision. It has been all too effective in achieving its goals by determinedly pursuing a conservative philosophy.