NICE BUSH SPEECH, TOO: I hope the conciliatory mood lasts. I listened on NPR, and was happy to hear the NPR folks saying that Bush’s popular vote majority erased any concerns about legitimacy from 2000.

UPDATE: I guess the conciliatory mood hasn’t reached the rest of the media, where ABC’s Mark Halperin has just called Bush a “lame duck.” Dude, at least wait until the first term has expired, okay?