From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2008-01-10:
"It's almost a tradition that lame-duck presidents make a swing to the Middle East, including Israel. It is traditionally a victory lap. This is a victory lap without a victory." -- Michael B. Oren, a historian of the Middle East at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, on U.S. President George W. Bush's first visit to Israel in January 2008. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/01/08/BL2008010802026_3.html?hpid=opinionsbox1](submitted to the mailing list by Reddy, Michael)