I said last year that the Republicans had a lame-duck President. In politics as it is played you reward your friends and punish your enemies. You use your "political capital." But Bush had already expended the political capital he had BEFORE the election in 2004; like the country, he had run into debt. Being a lame duck, he had and has nothing to reward or punish with after 2008, that's just about two years off right now.

Members of his own party are starting to see this. The Democrats started to see it a couple months ago but are, I think, biding their time, sniping when appropriate and, when possible, embarassing the Republicans (such as over the Harriet Miers nomination).

The Democrats have been unfocused, not disorganized, and have felt that they need to fight every battle instead of choosing which to fight and which to laugh off.

Who would I like to see run in 2008?

John McCain v. Bob Kerrey.

Both are combat veterans. McCain is smart, and still smarting under the Republican charges in 2000 that his experience as a POW damaged his mind. KerrEy, the former Senator from Nebraska, was on the 9/11 Commission -- and as for his combat record, well, walking with a prosethetic leg would be a constant reminder of the maimed in Iraq and, frankly his Medal of Honor probably wouldn't hurt either. But most importantly, I think that they're both moderates (at least in today's climate), smart, and able to actually think for themselves.

It helps that I think that they both actually believe that they'd be working for the good of country....