Had a nice little chat with my cab driver on the way to my hotel, entirely unprompted by me. Former marine, a bit pissed off. He understood what I understand and Matthew Yglesias understands and I think, finally, a few more people are beginning to understand - Bush is going to stay the course and on election day 2008 I'll be able to have another conversation with a cab driver about the Iraq war.
I'm not yet sure if our leading politicians understand this. They've been waiting for us to find a pony and for the Iraq war to just kind of disappear since it began. It's not going away. If you're planning on running for president you'd better understand that.
