How much trouble does President Bush think he is in over Iraq?

A lot.

Witness three news items:

1. Bush’s photo op in California eating with GIs and their families. A clear response to the generals’ criticism of Rumsfeld.

2. James Baker heading up a high-level group of review Iraq policy. Which Condi Rice reportedly resisted. I doubt VP Cheney and SecDeaf (that’s right, not SecDef but SecDeaf) Rummy are happy about it either.

3. The pathetic response Scott McClellan was given to mouth in response to Osama’s newest tape. Scott (who’s not a bad guy, he just says what he’s told) mouthed: “The al Qaeda leadership is on the run and under a lot of pressure.” Well, they’re neither running so fast nor pressured so hard they can’t stop to make a tape for the world.

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