Kevin Robert Dean quoted:
But sources close to the White House say that Mr. Bush has become isolated and feels betrayed by key officials in the wake of plunging domestic support, the continued insurgency in Iraq and the CIA-leak investigation that has resulted in the indictment and resignation of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff.
The sources said Mr. Bush maintains daily contact with only four people: first lady Laura Bush, his mother, Barbara Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes. The sources also say that Mr. Bush has stopped talking with his father, except on family occasions.
------------------------------------------------------ Now if GWB had kept his limited wits about him he would have foreseen this development and prepared a contingency plan. Junior has a excellent opportunity to throw the whole gang - Rove, Cheney, Perle, Wolfowitz, et alia - under a bus, and distance himself from the Iraq fiasco by claiming - long and loud - that he was duped by his deputies into marching on Baghdad. Alas, such a volte-face would require far more skill and duplicity than our little leader has, or has ever had. Clinton probably could have done it, had he been called upon to do so; but Willy was too shrewd to paint himself into such an unpleasant corner in the first place.
Armchair Freuds would appear to have the opportunity of lifetime at hand if it is true that the leader of the Greatest Nation on Earth has limited his fellowship to Four Serious Women. Where's Fawn Brodie when you need her?