A flurry of headlines don't bode well for Bush

just a sample of the headlines from one paper, the washington post...

Presidents Past Inspire Bush's Damage Control

Rarely has a president confronted as many damaging developments that could all come to a head in this week. A special counsel appears poised to indict one or more administration officials within days. Pressure is building on Bush from within his own party to withdraw the faltering Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers. And any day the death toll of U.S. troops in Iraq will pass the symbolically important 2,000 mark.

Conservatives Escalate Opposition to Miers

Conservative activists intensified their opposition to the Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers yesterday, launching two Web sites and planning radio and television advertising aimed at forcing her withdrawal.

Bernanke Seen as Safe Pick For a White House in Straits

In nominating Ben S. Bernanke as the next Federal Reserve Board chairman, President Bush turned to a candidate for the job with unassailable credentials and enough distance from the White House to blunt charges of cronyism or ideological motivations, former White House officials and economists said yesterday.

and then there's this one from the nyt (which i can't excerpt because i refuse to spring for times select)... i am intrigued by the teaser, however, which suggests that nickie might be aiding and abetting the administration's spin campaign about the indictments...

Hurricane Fitzgerald Approaches the White House

It was wrong for prosecutors to cook up borderline indictments during the Clinton administration, and it would be just as wrong now in the C.I.A. leak case.

[UPDATE]

evidently i was right about kristof... atrios has given nick and the article his "wanker of the day" award...

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