A couple of other links I'd like to pass along:

Paul Krugman's column this morning is quite excellent. He talks about the penny-wise pound foolish fiscal policies of this administration.

Also, you should read E.J. Dionne this morning. He points out that Republicans look like idiots when they insist that criticism of W is unpatriotic. Dionne points out that if that were true, Republicans were damn-near treasonous commies for the eight years of Clinton's presidency.

In short, as the title of the column suggests, he contends Republican can dish it out but they just can't take it.

Of course, we all knew that, didn't we?