So what would a second Bush administration (well, third, but second G.W. Bush administration) look like?

The sad truth is that second administrations don't have a very good record. The best and brightest tend to move on, anxious to get away from all of the character attacks and start making some money (I heard Condie Rice on the radio today expressing a desire to be NFL Commissioner).

But I think there's a strong argument that President Bush, because he selected some older folks (like Rumsfeld) and others who were around in his father's adminstration (like Powell) still has an untapped reserve of excellent talent to continue a strong cabinet.

I'll write more about this in coming weeks, but it's late, and what really inspired this post is a strong visual image of a tasteless parody--the President's Inaugaration, done in the style of the end of The Godfather.

I'd really like the part where Kim Jong Il is interrupted in a massage, and reaches for his glasses...oh, heck, I'll probably regret this and delete it tomorrow, but I'll go ahead with it now and blame the rum...