a classic struggle for the president's ear.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-whitehouse13nov13,0,4934012,full.story?coll=la-home-politics
THE NATION
Teetering at the Top to Win Bush's Ear
By Warren Vieth and Edwin Chen
Times Staff Writers

November 13, 2005

WASHINGTON — With President Bush's popularity sagging, the White House is getting plenty of advice from Republicans who want to help pull him out of his slump.

There's only one problem: They often disagree with each other.

The challenge of fixing the Bush presidency has heightened long-standing tensions among Bush aides and supporters, between moderate conservatives and hard-liners.

The moderates worry that the president has fallen under the spell of Vice President Dick Cheney and political advisor Karl Rove, and has moved so far to the right that he has alienated many voters. The hard-liners think Bush has erred by not being conservative enough; some of them even accuse White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. of plotting to water down the president's program.

The debate, behind closed doors, is a classic struggle for the president's ear. Outside the White House, members of each camp — in Congress, think tanks and interest groups — gossip over whether any of Bush's top aides will lose their jobs. Inside the White House, no one will talk openly about possible staff changes, but aides acknowledge that a debate over strategy is underway........

Rove. When wasn't he under their spell. It is because of those two evil men that he is president. Of course Bush is just as evil as they are so they had an easy time manipulating him.

As if it should just be assumed that we all want Bush to succeed and be popular again.

Well we don't, and I for one want to see his whole presidency fail, in part so that the people of this country can be taught a lesson.

So we have yet another story on what Bush can do to turn it around. How Bush can change the course of his presidency. How Bush can go after his mean critics. How Bush can better connect with the American people.

It reminds me of how the sportswriters behave when the LA Lakers are losing in the playoffs. Then the stories are all about what the Lakers can do to turn it around. How the Lakers can change their momentum. What went on in the Lakers locker room at halftime? Little attention is ever paid to why the Pistons or whatever team are winning. It's almost as if it's a fluke.

and even that part of him doesn't work according to specs. The man is a total human lemon. (Maybe Laura stays for the sex?)

After the election he found he had a brain and is now putting it to use. This is what happens to people like him. They start thinking they got to where they are on their own.

All the Kings Men....