On lighter notes

President Bush suffered a sharp dip in the Gallup Poll numbers. The poll shows that the president would lose next year’s election to an unnamed Democrat. The next day five of nine Democrats were campaigning with paper bags over their heads.

Howard Dean spoke in Buffalo last Monday to a national college convention of Young Democrats. It’s a start. Howard Dean hasn’t had a drink in 22 years, so he’s got a lot of bridge-building to do before he can connect with college students.