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search.  In Search of WM(S)D  Are Bush’s Weapons of Mass Self-
Destruction plutonium-grade? Will they turn up in Condi Rice’s
office? And will they detonate by next November?   Exactly what
kind of trouble is the president in?  The White House, the
Democrats, and the media—all puzzled—are trying to make this
calculation. You sense the precision instruments at work,
measuring opinion and Zeitgeist air quality. Writers of all
biases have been sent back to further develop the plot—we’ve
gotten to the cliff-hanger without being sure of the outcome.
But which is it? It can’t be both.       Self-doubt sets in for
everyone. Such self-doubt, of course, further complicates the
outcome. Anyway, at midsummer, with no character having the big
Mo firmly on his or her side, let’s take an opportunity to
explore the various elements of the varied story lines and get
ready for the plot to really thicken in the fall.      The
extent of the screwup in Iraq