I haven't been able to put my finger on my depression about politics lately. It had to be more than the still sorry state of Dems in my part of the country. After all, I knew what I was getting into when I moved here. I didn't choose my country. I can't say it better than Atrios:
Republicans in general and the presidential candidate especially will have to run against George Bush in '08 if they want to have any chance of actually winning control.
It's also obvious that fealty to dear leader is still an extraordinarily important thing to the 30 percenters.
It's also probable that our blessed media, who spent '00 demanding that Al Gore run away from Bill Clinton due to his hideous 65% approval ratings, will be unlikely to do that to the Republican candidate in '08.
