GW's Legacy:

As if New York weren't Democratic enough, the Bush administration, according to The New York Times, seems to have succeeded in driving nearly all the voters in that state into registering as Democrats. Nassau County has been solidly and stolidly Republican for 110 years. Not anymore.

One key factor has been the increased registration of non-white voters. Unfortunately for the Democrats, the Republicans, as we've seen before, have discovered techniques for either denying Democrats the right to vote or by discarding those votes.

You can top that off with the fact that the Dow Jones and Standard & Poor's each had their worst week in history, falling by 18 percent. (See The Washington Post story.) Thanks, GW. You've done a fine job in leading the country.