It's an ex-parrot...

Three months after President Bush launched his drive to restructure Social Security by creating private investment accounts, public support for his program remains weak, with only 35 percent of Americans now saying they approve of his handling of the issue, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

What I've come to realize during Bush's Social Security campaign is that the man is truly delusional. He seems to actually beleive that he was re-elected because the sheer magnetism of his personality and ideas won over the hearts of the nation. He doesn't seem to understand that the exploitation of doubt and fear that was the centerpiece of the re-election can't work this time, because tampering with Social Security inspires more doubt and fear than any plan he might propose. The more he campaigns for change, the stronger the popular hold on a system that works becomes.

What I don't understand is how 50 Republican Senators could have thought it was a good idea to vote against a 'sense of the Senate' resolution that simply read "Congress should reject any Social Security plan that requires deep benefit cuts or a massive increase in debt."

The Republican plan? Deep cuts and massive debt.

You don't even need a Beltway consultant to write that ad.