Bush Supporters Wonder What It Means

Reagan/Bush speechwriter Peggy Noonan worries that the President has
overpromised
a perfect world that can never be. Uber-pundit Fred Barnes writes that the President has
integrated the
two wings of American foreign policy into a single crusade,
combining the idealist vision of worldwide democracy and the realist vision
of a safe and secure world into a grand strategic vision of using American power to realize the American
vision.

Brit Pundit Says Don't Count US Out

A writer from the London Times observes
that America is not as supremely confident as it once
was, but it is still a force to be reckoned with and will be for a while.

Inaugural Sour Grapes

For the last couple of weeks Democrats have been complaining about the cost of the Bush inauguration while tsunami victims go unrelieved. The indispensible Ann Coulter reminds them that back in 1993 while thousand were dying in disasters world-wide, Democrats talked of nothing but partying on forever at the Clinton inaugural. And what about George Soros? Couldn’t he manage to get by on $1 billion of his $7 billion fortune and give the rest to tsunami victims?

Brits on Bush: It ain't over yet

A Brit at the London Times does a think piece on the Bush inauguration. The U.S. may not be
as optimistic as it was, he opines, but don’t count it out yet.

Spengler: Two Cheers for Hypocrisy

Spengler’s been taking the odd week off over the holiday season, enraging his world-wide fans,
but he’s back with a
characteristic piece on the virtue of hypocrisy in a
lighthearted romp through Goethe, Ibsen, and Strindberg.

Scorched Earth Won't Work For Democrats

David Brooks advises Democrats not to emulate Newt Gingrich
and execute an oppositional
strategy in Congress over issues like Social Security. It’s the wrong strategy and will further marginalize Democrats.

President Bush: "I Assume I'm Right"

When will the Democrats stop misunderestimating President Bush? Here is the president
talking about his policy of extending democracy
across the globe. “It’s exciting to be part of stimulating a debate of such significance.
It really is the philosophical argument of the age.” Some people say his policy is wrong, he admits. But he says: “I assume
I’m right.” Well, you’d hope so. But I suspect that many people are scandalized by
such a statement. Whose side are you on?