Last night George Bush laid out his master plan for finishing the bungled occupation of Iraq. Earler in the week, Joe Biden offered up the Cliff Notes summary of Bush’s plan. Biden:

“I have reached the tentative conclusion that a significant portion of this administration, maybe even including the vice president, believes Iraq is lost. They have no answer to deal with how badly they have screwed it up. I am not being facetious now. Therefore, the best thing to do is keep it from totally collapsing on your watch and hand it off to the next guy — literally, not figuratively.”

Last night, Bush furrowed his brow and said figurtively, “I’m punting the ball so the next guy can deal with this.” Being the decider is hard work after all.