Better late...

I may be one of the last bloggers to post words to this effect, so I may as well use the words of the first one I noticed. (with, as usual, my emphasis.)

Ezra Klein, via Pandagon

Not only did the Bush Administration sacrifice the political benefit of the transfer, they did themselves harm. Pushing it up two days and conducting it in a tiny room with few watching leaves the media with no relevant spin save "they were afraid of insurgent attacks". Stunningly, they essentially admitted that they can't protect the country and they've no control over the events.