[Moneyguy1]

Presidents and other CEO types have one thing in common...the ability to "spin". Assume that GWB leaves office without a solution to the ME. If a future solution is found, GWB will say that his successor followed the blueprint that GWB and his administration laid out and that is why there was success. If there is no solution, and things get worse. GWB and friends will say that the successor did not follow the blurprint, and that is why they failed. A true "win-win" "spin-spin" solution.

The question really becomes precisely what can an administration actually take credit for? How much that credit is taken for is outside the sphere of influence? And, can an administration that is out of office take credit for something that happens on the next president's watch?

I would love to see an administration 'fess up when they make an error. People like candor. I would love to see less emphasis on fearmongering and a little more constructive action take place. I cannot buy into this "fight them over there instead of over here" rhetoric anymore. Not when it is contradicted by admissions that "sleeper cells" exist here and we do not know who or where, and the borders are as porous as they are.

How much should we actually believe?