hat tip to Kevin Drum for pointing us to this piece by Dick Morris entitled "The Republican Jimmy Carter" in which Morris says:

Bush has truly become the Republican equivalent of President Jimmy Carter, out of control, dropping in popularity, unable to resume command.... Yet Bush, like his father, fails to invent issues to give his presidency a new lease on life. Is he too tired or lazy to do so?

Drum points out in response:

So what's the first fresh new idea Morris proposes for Bush? "Really focus on energy issues," he says, apparently oblivious to the fact that not only is this an old idea, it's an old idea originally popularized by....Jimmy Carter.

*sigh* It is true what they say about politics, isn't it? Much like fashion, if you don't like an issue, just wait around, it will come back into vogue. Well, it's here. And this time, it ain't going away.