Promise-Breaker  – George W. Bush retracts his foreign policy campaign pledges: “… isn’t it a tad
peculiar to shoot your mouth off about U.S. military readiness
first, and then assign fact-finders to verify?” Slate

Although I’m glad the upshot appears to be that there will not be a vast increase in military expenditure, I also appreciate someone’s pointing out that he campaigned in ignorance and/or dishonesty, taking nonviable positions to get elected by pandering to rightwing sentiment. And it’s worth noting that revising his position is less a matter of having “come to his senses” than a realpolitik recognition that an illegitimate and crippled administration presiding over a legislative branch and an electorate neatly split down the middle is (thankfully) not likely to accomplish anything sweeping. How he spins things in an ongoing attempt to save his hide in the face of this inherent ineptitude is likely to remain entertaining viewing for at least four years.