Oath of Office

After worrying about our Congress and asserting that our President has to do his duty no matter what the political consequences to bolster the Congress in order to win the war in Iraq, the President has done just that despite the critics who kept insisting the President was about to retreat for this reason or that:

Over the last few weeks, all of these estimable entities--the Democratic party in Congress, much of the media, and the foreign policy establishment--have joined together to try to panic the country, and the Bush administration, into giving up. The story of the past week--an important week--is this: They failed. Many around Bush wobbled. But Bush stood firm. Most Republicans on the Hill stood firm. And, so far as one can tell, the country as a whole pulled back a bit from the irresponsibility of cutting and running.

Our troops our doing their duty. Our President is doing his duty. Our Congress--just barely--is doing its duty. Our President can't do much about our press efforts to lose this war, but he has done what he must thus far to keep Congress on the line.