Whenever Bush is addressing any crisis at all, it has been SOP for his opponents to declare that there is no crisis, never was a crisis, and never would have been a crisis. Hell, if Bush had left things alone, everything would have been fine, and he wouldn't have made a mess of things.

This has been the take on Iraq and Saddam from day 1. To hear some people talk about Saddam, you'd think we'd invaded Switzerland.

Interestingly, it's also the current story on Social Security, which now apparently doesn't need "saving" at all.

All Bush has to do is look at a problem, and suddenly the entire thing becomes a figment of his own imagination. Scheer is just one small piece of this.