ARTICLE: 'Bush to Endorse Petraeus Plan: Democrats, Some Republicans Seek a Faster Withdrawal,' By Michael Abramowitz and Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, September 12, 2007; Page A01

There is an odd sort of passivity here with Bush: Crocker and Petraeus running the most important foreign policy issue, with Gates and Rice and the NSC nowhere to be seen. No Cheney, and Bush just saying he's following orders. It's weird, but we finally have our "czar" and it's Petraeus, because Bush's entire foreign policy seems to have shrunk to that. It's sort of sad to see the presidency reduced to that, but I guess it beats the alternative. But hell, even Carter left more intact than Bush will. I mean, what can Congress oppose right now in Bush's foreign policy other than attack Petraeus head-on? There's virtually nothing left, except the administration's ratifying other countries' nukes (India, NK, arguably Iran). I see why Newt wants to rewrite history ...