Bush is a lame duck president. I said it when he was reelected and I say it again: he is in many ways powerless.

Politics is sometimes described as "reward your friends, punish your enemies." Bush has nothing to reward his friends with after next year; possibly even now. I think that this truth is slowly sinking into the heads of those in Congress and even into the Americans who voted for him.

Red red red red Idaho is starting to see Bush for what he is. And if it can sink in here, it can sink in anywhere. I've seen several Bush stickers incompletely scraped off cars -- more, I've actually talked with people who have ADMITTED making a mistake by voting for Bush (of course, they also feel that voting for Kerry would have been a mistake).

I'd love to see a real choice in the next election.... Heck, I'll settle for a real choice in 2006.