An excellent column, well wroth reading, from Gail Collins in today's New York Times. Here's A brief excerpt:

Thanksgiving is next week, and President Bush could make it a really special holiday by resigning.

Seriously. We have an economy that's crashing and a vacuum at the top. Bush -- who is currently on a trip to Peru to meet with Asian leaders who no longer care what he thinks -- hasn't got the clout, or possibly even the energy, to do anything useful. His most recent contribution to resolving the fiscal crisis was lecturing representatives of the world's most important economies on the glories of free-market capitalism.

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As a bonus, the Pelosi presidency would put a woman in the White House this year after all. On the downside, a few right-wing talk-show hosts might succumb to apoplexy. That would, of course, be terrible, but I'm afraid we might have to take the risk in the name of a greater good.

Can I see a show of hands? How many people want George W. out and Barack in?

 

Here's a link to the full essay. Most people who read Collins think of her as a humorist or satirist and while there's a few chuckles along the way in this piece, her advice, in my opinion, is nothing to laugh at.

  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/opinion/22collins.html?ref=opinion