Wow. Maybe it's the blue skies outside or the chipotle inside me, but the news seems to be taking a turn for the better. First off, Graham and Dean News: namely, that Graham is about to declare and Dean has picked up some key Hollywood votes, which means more money. Either guy would go a long way to making this country a better place. But the icing on the cake? How about Bush's falling poll numbers? That's right. 43 is back to the same level he was at before September 11th. True, there could be a wartime bounce, but I think people are finally starting to grasp that the POTUS is inept at both domestic and international policy, whether it's insulting our longtime allies, shortchanging firemen, or ignoring the real threat looming in North Korea.

But hey, at least we got a few real terrorists, right? Maybe we should focus on Islamic Jihad, or Hezbollah or any of the other number of organizations with far stealthier capabilities than Iraq. Maybe we should focus on Syria and stop isolating Iran, perhaps...