The Republicans would be stupid to do that. The country grew impatient quickly with all the blanket coverage, and plenty of people recognized they would simply have to endure the hype about a president they loathed.

But everybody is ready to let it go. When the late night comedians are cracking jokes about how long and dragged out the proceedings are, you know it won't be long before it is permanently put out of people's minds.

I'm sure Bush/Cheney will try and milk it for all it's worth. But the American electorate isn't even paying attention to most the hoopla. Remember, the majority of Americans no longer watch network or cable news. And the over the top coverage of the Reagan beatification ceremonies is one of the many reasons why most people don't watch network or cable news.

The other thing is, there are too many much more serious things happening that people are paying attention to, like the war in Iraq, the prisoner abuse scandal, Bush' failure to get NATO support at the G8 summit, despite getting a perfunctory and unenforceable UN resolution, etc.