Entries for November 2006

The George W. Bush presidential library seems destined to go to Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

For starters, it is the alma mater of Laura Bush, which makes it a sentimental favorite. That should put it ahead of two other potential sites–Baylor University in Waco and the University of Dallas, a small Catholic school. Also, Bush plans to live in Dallas rather than at the ranch in Crawford.

The war in Iraq has gone from bad to worse. And it's approaching the hopeless phase. The United States has now been involved longer than it battled World War II, and the sectarian war has become a civil war.

The malls may be full of shoppers this weekend, but Major League Baseball is also on a spending binge. So you'd better fasten your seat belts.

The Chicago Cubs started the expensive raid on free agents by signing Alfonso Soriano to an eye-popping eight-year, $136 million deal. All of the money is guaranteed.

For President Bush, the new spirit of bipartisanship lasted just long enough for two photo ops with the new Democratic leaders in Congress.

We should have known. It is always the decider, not the unifier, in the White House. On most issues, Bush remains stubborn and relentless.

It is an old truism in politics that Democrats prefer to form a firing squad in a circle. They've done it again, even before taking charge in the next Congress.

One week after their stunning victory and takeover of both houses of Congress, Democrats went to war–with one another.

One of the best results of the 2006 elections was the shattering of Karl Rove's reputation as a political marvel.

Rove has made more excuses and alibis for the Republican losses than a football coach who has just lost a 49-0 game. He wants to blame scandals in the party and other extraneous reasons but never the president or himself.

A few leftovers from the election:

• Right-wing fans of the right-wing-blowhard Rush Limbaugh should know he played a huge part in the Democratic takeover of the Senate.
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