Dick Morris sees a GOP massacre tomorrow...

The two men most reponsible for Morris' likely scenario are Tom Delay and President Malicki. Delay invoked party discipline and pulled disparate Republicans together on bills. Most died in the Senate, but that's what divided government is designed for. They've been rudderless without him. Malicki has presided over a hellstorm unleashed in Iraq, and is loath to do anything about it. Both developments are sending Republicans down to what I'd predict a 30 seat House loss and six seats in the Senate. This will not mollify the Bush haters, nor lead to any policy changes in Iraq.

Bush will sign the "compassionate" bills sent him, and will veto the economic and military changes. It will be like Truman's administration, with the 2009 President ratcheting back in Iraq as Eisenhower did in Korea. The current New Republic predicts a "peace with honor" Iraq outcome, with the final resolution occurring after a time interval long enough for blame to be assigned to the (choose one or more) neocons, media, administration, or Democrats.

I've supported Hussein's ouster based on suspected, and previously known WMDs, and also on the grounds that Stalinist dictatorships with oil revenues constitute a potentially major hazard in an otherwise hostile region. The current American Prospect has an article stating what I've always suspected, four American military bases are up and running. That's not, as the article states, directed towards Iraq. It's for their northerly neighbor. You don't want an Iran-Israel conflict. Whoever replaces Bush, an inaugural figure in the Terror War, will inherit this problem, and no amount of DU or NYT gloating wil change that.