To say that GWB is coming to the rescue of his embattled buddy House Speaker Dennis Hastert would be an overstatement.
Why else would he becoming to personally ham it up hand out a big slab of pork in the sticks of Kane county Illinois? Well, I guess pork never needs an excuse.
Eloy at SoapBlox/Chicago has alerted us to the visit, the day after we have a big discussion about Hastert and Turkish money. The day after Hasert's announced Democratic opponent Ruben Zamora, joins SoapBlox/Chicago and welcomes questions.
It's all moving too fast for our small and growing blog. We are not a dailyKos.
OK, but the real issue is are we in any sort of position to respond. Are we yet really too new and too small?
One of the pieces of pork is a new multi-lane limited access expressway.
A lot of people don't like new expressways. Of course, a lot do. I suspect the rural populist God-fearing tractor driving Republicans don't care for them but the sub and ex-urban fundementalist city-fearing yuppie SUV driving Republicans do.
Yes people like it when their district gets showered with dollars. But if it is suspected that because of clout your district is getting more than it's fair share (and that is nearly always impossible to figure out), then deep down people feel guilty.
So we don't need to prove that the district is getting more than it's fair share this time or any other times, we need to express our belief that with a clout ruled regime like the Bush regime, and with a powerful member of that regime in your district, it is almost impossible to not receive more than your fair share.
And then to gloat and lord it over other districts by having the president come and personally hand out the pork, why that's really embarassing.