WTF Is It Now?!?

Advantage Bush? That's debatable
Bunnypants holding up debates, arguing for "loyalty oaths."
/kidding

Bush hasn't had to face tough questions on the campaign trail, where his audiences are carefully screened to make sure he isn't challenged. In these situations he's looked smooth and relaxed, leading to fawning media stories about how he's "hit his stride."

But this lack of practice dealing with pointed questions could backfire on him. We got a glimpse of this Wednesday when reporters asked him about the criticisms of his Iraq policy by conservative Republican Senators Chuck Hagel, John McCain, and Richard Lugar, and a gloomy CIA report on the future of Iraq.

Bush's response to the former was pique and obfuscation: Both men "want me elected," as if that was the issue.

-Sean Aday, the Gadflyer.