You Forgot Poland

In the latest of what I assume will be many global allies of Bush to go down to defeat (see Aznar, Berlusconi, etc.), Poland's Prime Minister was torched this weekend by an antiwar candidate.

Leaders across Europe were likely to be relieved at the ascension of Civic Platform, a pro-Europe party. Under the Kaczynskis, Poland has earned a reputation as a consensus-breaking troublemaker.

On the other hand, the Kaczynskis have been the staunchest of allies of the United States. Mr. Tusk said during the campaign that he would have driven a harder bargain over support of plans to place missile interceptors on Polish soil and that, if elected, he would try to bring home the 900 Polish troops in Iraq.

Bush hasn't only ruined the Republican brand at home, he's like a reverse Midas to anyone he's touched abroad.