The president last night walked into a very crowded room. There, slumped against walls, moping at tables, some miffed and defiantly crossarmed at the center of the floor, a lot of pundits, intellectuals, wonks, statesmen, critics, former enthusiasts, and fellow Americans mirrored the president’s New Grimness. Not any longer fashionably late, the question for Bush is whether he is too late….
Some extended thoughts on the real surge we need.



