The qWagmire continues

Guardian has a good analysis piece about what's going wrong in Iraq and how it could effect Bush at the ballot box. (The piece never mentions what could happen if the ballot boxes are replaced by Diebold, though.)

...the primary problem for Bush is the chaos in Iraq. His plans for minimising Iraq as an election issue are in tatters. They relied on three things: the capture of Saddam; a reduction in the toll of US dead and maimed; and the start of a process of handing power to Iraqis.

The first was accomplished in December when the former dictator's successful eight-month evasion of massive hunting parties came to an end. But instead of it leading to a collapse of resistance, US casualties have gone on growing. Bush's always dubious argument that Saddam was running the insurgency from various well-hidden quarters has fallen apart.

Go read the whole thing. Now. Do it. Why are you even still reading this, jerky?