I don't often read conservative bloggers because most of them don't seem independent, rather, they seem to be mouthpieces for the Republican sound bites of the day. Their solidarity is breaking apart these days. Some are becoming genuinely alarmed and are blaming . . . the preznit . . . imagine that, for the sorry state of things in the world.

Take a look at The Cunning Realist for the past few days and sense his alarm. He's begun to notice that Bush is unstatesmanlike. He thinks there may be consequences coming for poor economic policies practiced by the administration. He's concerned about the Taliban's establishment of their own homeland in Pakistan. He thinks there is a housing bubble and it is bursting, percipitating an American economic crisis. He says that American soldiers are not in good spirits and that we have lost any sense of mission in Iraq. Could it be we have no real mission and we should withdraw? Or like the Republicans in Viet Nam are we just not ending the war until after the election cycle. The people must be afraid or they won't vote RED.

Honestly this guy doesn't have a liberal blog.