Musings

I've seen a couple things today in the Washington Post that caught my eye. I will put them in order of importance.
1. Scooter Libby was told to leak information, which may have included information about Valerie Plame explicitly or implicitly, by Vice President Cheney
2. Former CIA agent in charge of Iraq intelligence accuses Bush of coercing intelligence data, among other things.
3. Trade Deficit hits all-time high.
4. Lisa Leslie scored 101 points in the first half of a high school game when she set the record.

Not to mention Brown (former head of FEMA) testifying in front of Congress. So it was a pretty big day in news, and a tough day if you work for the White House Press Secretary. I mean it was 4 for 4 on all of the things that have plagued the Bush administration. First you get Plame, then you get Iraq, then you get the economy, and you finish it off with Katrina. Man, if only the democrats could muster support to impeach Bush. As I see it, the democrat who wants to win the white house back should run on the following issues:
1. Its the economy, stupid. (Bring back the Clinton bubble)
2. We need streamlined, efficient govenment. The following agencies need to work well:
-FEMA
-Intelligence
-Infrastructure
-Education
The democrats need to use this opportunity to claim efficient govenment back. Bush's govenment is the biggest its ever been, and the smallest recently was Clinton's. Democrats need to claim efficient govenment for themselves.
3. Lowering the deficit. Creating a tax surplus to fix social security and deal with universal health care should be stressed, and the importance of these issues need to be explained to the people.

On a lighter note, I think when Leslie scored 101, the other team had fouled out all but four of their players by the second half, so the game was called. But what a half.