DAVID BRODER'S LATEST COLUMN, AS HE REALLY INTENDED IT TO READ

Bush Regains His Footing
By David S. Broder
Friday, February 16, 2007; A23

It may seem perverse to suggest that, at the very moment the House of Representatives is repudiating his policy in Iraq, President Bush is poised for a political comeback. But don't be astonished if that is the case.

Blah blah blah blah blah blah.

Blah blah blah.

He has been far more accessible -- and responsive -- to the media ..., holding any number of one-on-one interviews, both on and off the record, leading up to Wednesday's televised news conference. And he has been more candid in his responses than in the past.

Blah blah blah blah blah blah.

And whether the American people will see it, no one knows.

Really, everything else in the column as it was actually published is a rationalization for the warm, tingly feeling Broder began to get when Bush started seeming more "responsive to the media" and "candid." Oooooh, he is nice! We were right all along! He's being nice to us again, just like during the 2000 campaign! He isn't, of course, nor is he being "candid," but they'll take whatever emotional crumbs they can get in the Beltway press corps.