Brad DeLong has a suggestion:
It’s not too late for the grownup Republicans to act. There’s still time for the House and Senate Republican caucuses to go to Bush and force his and Cheney’s resignations. Then Hastert and Stevens can decline the job, and the presidential succession passes to Colin Powell.
This then gets us a president who:
- is a Republican.
- certainly does not have a smaller chance of winning in November than George W. Bush.
- would in all probability be good at the job.
It’s what would have already happened to any political leader in a parliamentary system. It’s what the grownup Republicans owe the country. And it may well be to the partisan political advantage of the Republican Party to close down the current Clown Show as quickly as possible.
HAHA!
Republicans step aside to let a “colored” gentleman have the job.
Yeah, that will happen.
Powell isn’t clean either: 1) My Lai. 2) Gulf War Syndrome, and 3) Speech at the UN.
Republicans could always vote for Nader. After all, a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush.