Dead Man Talking

George Bush is hanging by a thread. As he gamed his way through his fifth State of the Union speech last night, it was clear that his is a presidency laying in ruin. Except for a reactionary judiciary that will be his continuing legacy -- pushed past the too-little, too-late efforts of a limp Democratic Party -- Bush has no accomplishments he can look forward to in the next three years.

George is dead, spun-out of spin, yet like his zombie followers, he just keeps on talking.

Gone was the swagger, the big ideas for shaping his corporatist "Ownership Society." As his party enters its Year of the Perp-walk, as many expect 2006 to play out, any semblance of a true politics of opposition will bring down the whole sordid experiment that he represents. We've come light years from the time when the White House's soft-peddle of compassionate conservatism could soothe public concern.

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