[gridlock]

It's funny, I read that Dowd article back when it appeared during the campaign. At the time, I thought it portrayed GWB as out-of-touch and would probably hurt him with the voters, much like his fathers much ballyhooed encounter with a grocery scanner. Now I read it again and I think that it is a wonderful thing to have a President like GWB.

[Howlin]

At the time, I thought it portrayed GWB as out-of-touch and would probably hurt him with the voters

I bet that's what Dowdy Dowd thought, too.