Point One

James Lileks observes: "The Bush administration may well be in the right, but they have handled this poorly – the remarks about vetoing any Congressional efforts to block the sale may have been aimed at Congress, but they splashed right in the face of the voters. The crafty response would have been to acknowledge the worries, assure a complete and total review and disclosure, and let the facts speak for themselves. “You can’t stop it and I don’t care if you try” is not a wise response, and there’s no backtracking from that initial reaction without looking weak."