Where is Mark Fuhrman when you really need him? Probably in Central Idaho at some separatist militia compound, but that’s beside the point. If the marines and Halliburton contractors don’t find some weapons of mass destruction – and I mean soon – Bush will lose what little credibility he has left. W has already lost his grip on the economy, with unemployment at 6% and Alan Greenspan dissing his tax cuts. When the Fed chairman failed to cut interest rates this week, it became clear that the economy will need to implode by itself, without any help from Washington.

The stock market, inexplicably, remains higher than Larry Eustachy at a frat house. Like Mike Price, he was fired for showing his players how to behave when they reach the pros. Isn’t that what college coaches are supposed to do?