Former Bush Speechwriter Nails It

David Frum, the Bush Speechwriter who helped originate the phrase, "Axis of Evil," knows what he is talking about (via Political Wire):

"Former Bush speechwriter David Frum says that by now 'it should be clear that President Bush's words on the subject of Iraq have ceased connecting with the American public.'

"The main problem: 'Again and again during the Bush presidency ... the president will agree to give what is advertised in advance as a major speech. An important venue will be chosen. A crowd of thousands will be gathered. The networks will all be invited. And after these elaborate preparations, the president says... nothing that he has not said a hundred times before.'

"'If a president continues to do that, he is himself teaching the public and the media to ignore him - especially when the words seem utterly to ignore the past three months of real-world events.'"