You can slice and dice this thing any way you want, but I still think it's politically damaging for the administration.

I think he still has time to recover politically, and I think it's likely he will. He's good at this. You'll see a better Bush during the next few days, in charge and compassionate. But if he doesn't, there's going to be a serious political price to pay.

If all they do is pick out a couple of MPs to slice and dice ... that is not going to be what is needed, which is a full inquiry

I think the president has raised the stakes for himself. He has raised the stakes for his presidency, so that if there are more explosions in the next few months ... his approval ratings will suffer some more.

If people stay that long, group-think can set in, and that's dangerous for a president.

I don't think there's any other president in the modern era that has seen this kind of stability.