"The vote in Turkey fucked things up big time," grumbles one White House aide. "It pushes our timetable back. On the other hand, it might give us a chance to save face."

Or, it gives Duh et al plausible deniability to get back in sync with the Rove Playbook. Going to war now is waaaay too early.

I still have 31Oct03 in the pool...