These are the insights they pay me for ...
In all the coverage of President Bush's poor response to Hurricane Katrina, one salient fact often (but not always) seems to escape notice. President Bush will pay no electoral price for his failings. He ain't running again, and if he ever was tempted to move to Lousiana and run for Governor there, he probably isn't now.
This may seem strange, but the Democrats need to start thinking and acting as if President Bush was irrelevant. In electoral terms he is irrelevant. Sure, he will put in some appearances in 2006 and 2008, but the man isn't on the ballot. He doesn't have to do much if he doesn't want to.
Posted by robe0419 at September 12, 2005 2:11 PM