How Quickly Will Bush Quit Crawford Ranch?

Anyone who's bothered to read knows that the Crawford Ranch was invented by the Bush campaign of 2000 to make Mr. Bush come off like the hard working cowboy. The house was built quickly, cattle brought in on loan, and I suspect Mr. Bush had never driven that pickup before his first photo-op at the ranch.

It's all been show. George, Laura, and the girls aren't ranch types.

So if I were a betting person, I suspect that if Bush loses Election 2004 (even with all his helpers in Florida and the Supreme Court), the cobwebs at Crawford will already be thick by Christmas.