Reply #1: Bush apparently belittled Baker yesterday...

[Virginia Dare]

during the press conference, even calling him "Jimmy" once, so it is clear that he's not at all happy about what Jimmy has been telling him, and that is that Iraq is essentially lost.

There was discussion on Hardball last night about the task force.

This group was obviously formed at Poppy's instigation and it's members probably hand-picked by Poppy and Jimmy. Jimmy's job is to strong-arm Jr. and the gang into going along with their plan, obviously folks like John Warner are already on board, Lee Hamilton's job is to get the Democrats to come to the table. Interestingly enough Sandra Day O'Conner is also on the panel, so perhaps she is the liaison to the SCOTUS. Whatever they're cooking up it's big, and it will hit probably shortly after the election.