Poised for a political comeba...

The popular war preznit has regained his footing... oh, I'm sorry, Mr Broder, make that "the Bush [mis]administration is beginning its last year in office by quietly scaling back its foreign policy ambitions as it struggles with new obstacles and rapidly dwindling influence."

Bonus: the Bushies are "going to be spending the next year managing crises and tidying up messes, rather than reaching legacy milestones, as officials recently had hoped."