"President Bush always had one asset he could fall back on: the self-confidence of a born salesman. Like Harold Hill in The Music Man, he knew how to roll out a new product, however deceptive or useless, with conviction and stagecraft. What the world saw on Wednesday night was a defeated Willy Loman who looked as broken as his war. His flop sweat was palpable even if you turned down the sound. . . ."
-Frank Rich, The New York Times, January 14,2007, shortly after Bush announced to the nation that he was sending more troops to Iraq
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