We all know that somehow the one of the nations finest B-schools gave President Big-Keys Calculator a degree. There is no way for us to ever know if he actually did his own work, or somehow got it done for him, or coasted in to the finish line on the coattails of his classmates/study groups. But we can certainly see he must have either slept through or gotten his Econ homework/exams done for him. No one who ever sat through MBA-level Macro could be this stupid. Except someone we all know. From Yahoo:

...The cautious outlook may be political posturing as Bush shifts focus from the war to reviving his beleaguered tax cut plan -- the centerpiece of his economic program -- before campaigning begins in earnest later this year.

Some economists are confident a revival is around the corner.

Yet Republican insiders say the White House is genuinely concerned after the Senate scaled back the president's tax cuts to a level that they see as having little -- if any -- stimulative effect near-term.
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Gee, those silly fiscally-responsible senators, not wanting to just rollover and then bark on command. I understand that the Wurlitzer is making a point of making a point of senators like Voinovich (R-Backbone, OH) who are showing some spine on the budget/tax cut issue, by making him appear to be --wait for it-- a francophile.

As a show of solidarity all the senators opposed should go to the Statue of Liberty and have their pictures taken there as a group and send a print to the White House, ATTN: Karl Rove/Dan Bartlett, Mighty Wurlitzer Department.

Political Posturing from the 1600 Crew, I'm Shocked, Shocked I tell you!