How deeply divided is America these days? My take opposite.
DROP THE TARIFFS: There are two huge problems with Bush’s economic record. The first is the massive hike in domestic spending he has signed on to. One quarter of good economic growth will do nothing to address the enormous fiscal wreckage that Bush has already created and has no current plans to reverse. Long-run structural debt is not a conservative position. It’s a reckless position – especially when you’re adding a huge new federal entitlement and doing nothing – nothing – to reform entitlements. Ditto the Rove Tariffs on steel. Not even the White House can defend this attack on free trade in anything but the crudest political terms. The EU and the WTO are absolutely right to demand a reversal. If Bush sticks to his protectionist guns, he really should be pummeled by real economic conservatives.
THE BRAILLETTES!: Blog readers have now submitted another round of worst-ever music album covers. Marc Cenedella is on a roll.
IMMINENCE, ETC: I’m sure you’re all bored by this meme and fight now. But I should link to Spinsanity for another treatment that doesn’t quite side with any of us. Helpful.
KERRY’S MESS: He’s gone through more top staffers in a brief campaign than president Bush has in his entire presidency. I think that’s telling. By the way, he served in Vietnam.
The Dish 