Iraq is starting to burn apart. American generals are considering asking for more troops as Sunnis hang US merceneries from bridges and Shiites take to the streets. Members of the president's own party, including Dick Luger, are desperately calling for a clear plan for handing over power to Iraqis or somehow moving forward.
And the white house is responding. the president is holding around the clock sessions with senior aides, meeting with foreign leaders, listening to any idea that might break this vicious momentum. Or, well, throwing out the first pitch of a baseball game.
That's right. President Bush was in St. Louis Monday, going to a Reds game and making some campaign appearences. Meanwhile, Vice President Cheney was throwing out the first pitch in Cincinnati (hmm...Ohio, Missouri - both have something in common besides baseball teams that wear red jerseys.)
Condoleeza Rice was preparing for her long-delayed testimony before the 9/11 comission. But, thank god, the NYT quotes an unnamed WH source saying "there were a lot of conference calls..."
Good to know we're in such competent hands.