I stole this analogy, so don't go calling me a genius (or do, but not for this). Anyway, it's the Roadrunner theory of American politics. Bush is like the roadrunner, and the Democrats are like Wile E. Coyote. The Coyote tries strategy after strategy to crush the roadrunner, but his methods always backfire. The roadrunner is pretty much invulnerable to the coyote because the coyote's ideas are always bad ones doomed to failure from the start. The Democrats try and try again, with Kerry, with memogate scandal, Howard Dean, that crazy women that camped in Crawford, tax cuts for the rich, Bush hates black people, etc., and they all fail to have an impact on his popularity. Only other events have had any impact, but nothing the Democrats have said or done has dented his armor. Maybe the Democrats should take a step back and reanalyze their relationship with Acme Products. Perhaps if they try getting their ideas from a different box, maybe one that is full of optimnism instead of pessimism and derision.