Bush appearing to be on his heels

It looks like the Dem candidates are doing a good job of hammering away at Bush and the media is finally starting to take notice. Of course, few of them actually dig into anything...they're still mostly just parroting what the politicos are saying.

Bush's performance as commander-in-chief under scrutiny

On Sunday, aides confirmed that Bush would appoint a special commission to investigate intelligence failures in Iraq and elsewhere. The president, who had resisted the idea of an outside investigation, decided to name his own panel in the face of pressure for an independent inquiry.

Naming his own panel is hardly an independent inquiry. I'd say the pressure should still be on.

He also backtracked from his previous insistence on adhering to a strict May 27 deadline for a separate investigation into the Sept. 11 attacks. Faced with the possibility that Congress would force his hand, Bush agreed Wednesday to give that commission another 60 days to complete its work, pushing the deadline closer to the November election.

That's great news! Now the commission should issue subpoenas for Cheney and Smirky and put their asses on the stand, under oath!

Bush spent most of the year (of 1972) in Alabama working on a political campaign, but there's no record that he ever reported to his assigned unit with the Alabama National Guard.

That's not how I remember hearing the story. If I remember correctly, Bush Jr. requested a transfer from his Texas unit to the Alabama unit so that he could be closer to the campaign he was interested in working with. But when he was refused the transfer, he left his Texas unit anyway. He never reported to his assigned unit with the Texas National Guard during that time.