Peggy Noonan: "Leading Democrats often think their base is slightly mad but at least their heart is in the right place. This White House thinks its base is stupid and that its heart is in the wrong place."
You know the conservative revolt against the President is official when the editors of the conservative National Review issues lines like this: "We would challenge President Bush himself to a debate on behalf of the conservatives he has maligned, but we fear he hasn’t read the bill."
(HT: Scott Anderson)