Circling the wagons around Wolfowitz is an interesting move. I can understand the political subtext- don’t leave the planner of Iraq out to dry- but Wolfy’s going down, methinks. With almost all the other shareholding nations pushing to give him the boot, I’m not sure how much of a chance he’s got. We’ll see what happens. Frankly, I wish my girlfriend could give me a sixty thousand dollar pay raise. That’d be sick. Heck, I’d take a six thousand one.

The White House seems to be making a pattern of backing doomed causes lately, though. Take a look at Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. His Number Two just announced his upcoming resignation, he’s under fire from all sides (except the White House’s, at least in public) and yet in the midst of Congressional hearings he finds time to back more draconian copyright laws. I especially like this phrase from a memo to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi regarding the proposed changes: “subject to forfeiture any property that constituted or was derived from any proceeds obtained directly or indirectly as a result of… infringement offenses.” That means (if this passes) anything that ever touched that mp3 you got off of myTunes is up for them to grab. Start running now.

Anyway, loyalty to the people who got you there is great, but I think there’s a time when you’ve got to cut your losses. I think that time is now. The administration has been taking some pretty heavy hits lately. Props for sticking to your guns, Mr. President, but when your approval rating is one third of our nation, there might be something a little wrong.

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