The Sudan situation is ugly and awful. Had our resources not been over-committed in Iraq we might be doing something about Sudan right now.

The scene of Bush gaping in the classroom has been over-used as a PR point, and is not as damning in and of itself as it is being made. The man might have been deciding on strategy for all I know!

But the actions he took thereafter were wanting in a number of ways. I think he did rise to the occasion in the subsequent address to the nation and he did the public Walk Rall number well.

And that is about all.

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