Don't worry, Brucie. Less than 4 years to go now. His lame-duck status is already becoming progressively more apparent to all. It appears quite a few Republicans have already realized who will be running again in either 2006. 2008 or 2010---and who will never run again.

See, for instance, the huge groundswell of popular opinion clamoring for the benefits of Bush's "reform" of Social Security.