With the Robin Williams comedy coming out that posits a comedian running for the White House, I feel we've entered the true wonderland that is testament to the Bush administration's capacity to warp politics in our nation: comedy has basically replaced political discourse. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher and that SNL guy considering the Senate from Minnesota... these are serious examples of the best political analyses out there today.

The last time comedians dominated the public discourse like this in my life was under Nixon--again, testament to Bush's ability to divide and enrage like no other since Dick.

Hilarious to some, but sad to me, because when the comedians and showbiz types reign, it pretty much signals a public retreat from political life. This is not engagement. This is withdrawal, and that's Bush's real legacy.

Here's the even sadder bit: all of these showbiz types who now so craftily take apart Bush and the GOP every night on TV and throughout the MSM are actually overshadowing the official Democrat response to all this poor leadership, which pretty much makes the comedians and showbiz types the best out there right now.

And on that note, let me say we should finally amend the Constitution and let Arnold run. I mean, he's as showbiz as they come, and built an action career on humor more than anything else, so why the hell not? Give George Clooney a run for his hunkdom.