Reply #10: Once in a while, political grandstanding pays off and persuades the [View All]

public that this or that angle on an idea is worth their support and enthusiasm.

But to pull that kind of grandstanding off, you have to be possessed of some degree of expressive talent and personal charm.

Bush ain't that guy.

Most voters are going to interpret this kind of grandstanding for what it is: a cynical and pathetic spasm of cheap PR prior to the pro-surge/We need more time propaganda he's about to unleash in the media.

Generally speaking people know that Dubya's administration is done laid flat on the cold slab, and that we're all just waiting for the embalmer to show up.

If anything, this "surprise" drive-by will remind the world what a failure this president is and how unsupportable the "surge" really is.

The folks over in Old Europe had it right from the beginning.