The Dubai port deal has sunk, thankfully. It's good news that the UAE had enough sense to back out of the deal. They showed more common sense than the Bush administration. It was such a public relations mess for the White House, and rightly so, that the Harriet Miers debacle must have seemed pleasantly nostalgic in comparison.
Three quarters of American citizens deserve to be heard. Too bad the president doesn't seem to be listening.
