Already, Arianna Huffington is banging her little bongo. Elsewhere, tympani are being tuned. Bookies are laying out odds. Maybe he'll last another three months, maybe not. In the event that a new vice president is required, one wonders if Dubya will rise above his plodding nature and make a bold choice.
History suggests otherwise, to be sure.
The president favors dusty old political operatives with family ties, like Jim Baker. While no self-respecting hack would ever offer free advice to a politician, there is an overriding issue of national importance at play here. The fact is, America very much needs a female near the top of its government to undo the damage done by the previous administration. Among other things, she was widely thought to be a treacherous, cunning, dishonest, snooty, grasping, spoon-snatching shrew who, on top of all that, was frightfully broad across the beam. Few honest Americans will argue that she did anything to eradicate barriers to full female political advancement.