Here is another good news/bad news column about the 112th Congress.

A Congress that passed only one of the many bills already passed by this Congress would be considered productive.

Americans voice their opinions: English only for the national anthem, Bush is low but could be worse, and tough times expectedfor the war in Iraq.

Last week I wrote about the standings in the presidential race and said it looked like a long, hard slog through about a dozen clearly identified target states, much like the contests in 2000 and 2004. Call it the 2000/2004 long, hard slog scenario.

Karlyn Bowman is a senior fellow and Andrew Rugg is a research assistant at the American Enterprise Institute. The views expressed in this article are the authors' and do not necessarily reflect those of any other person or institution.

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