That's Two

I've read about this now in a couple of places over the last couple of days ....

Bill Sammon, adapting part of his new book, 'The Evangelical President,' for the Washington Examiner, writes: "President Bush is quietly providing back-channel advice to Hillary Rodham Clinton, urging her to modulate her rhetoric so she can effectively prosecute the war in Iraq if elected president. . . .

Of course the media is reporting this straight faced as if Bush really cared about the country or something.

Can anyone think of a reason that Bush, and the Republicans, would be annoiting Hillary Clinton as the Democratic Presidential nominee? Could it possibly be that there's a motive in coming out "for" Hillary? Could it be that they've looked at the polls and know that Edwards clobbers all the Republicans or that Guiliani matches up more favorably to Clinton?

I don't exactly why or what motivates the leaking of these revelations about Bush back channeling to Clinton. But rest assured, it's not for the reasons that are apparent and it's certainly not for the Democrats (or the nation's) good.