BBC : Time running out for George

[tocqueville]

Congress underscores Bush's weakness

The BBC's Richard Allen Greene in Washington writes his weekly diary highlighting key issues in the US mid-term elections.

In my neighbourhood in Washington, George W Bush's presidency is already over.

You can see it on the T-shirts, such as the one that simply says: "20 January 2009", the day Mr Bush will step down and hand power to whoever wins the 2008 election. And you can see it on the bumper stickers.

I have already seen a car with "Clinton/Obama 2008" plastered on its rear, articulating the hope of many liberals that Hillary Clinton will run for president, with the mixed-race first-term Senator Barack Obama as her vice-presidential choice.

Mr Obama, one of the few true media stars of the Senate, set journalists' pulses racing this week with a trip to Iowa.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5371068.stm

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. And what a fantastic speech he gave too.... this man is good

for America, not Enron, Exxon, and all the rest.

[BlueManDude]

2. He'll be doing lasting damage to our country right up 'til 1/20/09.