[White House]

Faith-Based Presidency.

There's a Time story on the President that seems to be the buzz of the blogosphere today--though it's fairly obvious stuff. Bush is confused, his advisors privately worry but publicly claim a comeback, the White House is insular, the GOP is wracked by scandal, Cheney is old. Not anything to write home about, except for the last paragraph, which holds out hope that Dubya may yet offer bloggers a little fun:

However improbable the odds at this point or modest his short-term goals, aides say, Bush still subscribes to Rove's long-held dream that his will be the transformational presidency that lays the groundwork for a Republican majority that can endure, as Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal coalition did, for a half-century or more. Once he gets past the midterm elections, Bush plans to introduce a concept that, if anything, is even more ambitious than his failed Social Security plan: a grand overhaul that would include not only that program but Medicare and Medicaid as well. Says strategist McKinnon: "He knows that part of what he brings to the presidency is an ability and commitment to chart a long course under public pressure."

Wow. He coerced the rest of the country into his bizarro world during the first term, but it seems like he's the only one who still buys its logic. If this is true, and Bush does roll out a grand new scheme of smoke and mirrors, all I can say is: delightful. What theater it will be!