The base's energy goes up to 11

It must be an indicator of how out of touch we are that we couldn't see how, watching the Osama tape, that it could be spun as good for Dubya, and yet, there it was on the Lou Dobbs show on CNN, being spun as ... good for Dubya. Here is the take of Roger Simon, the newsweekly journalist and not the novelist (although they seem to be in agreement on many things):

ROGER SIMON, U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT: I don't have any trouble parsing out who this helps. I think this is an enormous boost for George Bush ... I think -- also it energizes the Republican base.

To which we respond: just how much more energized can the Republican base be? We're repeatedly told how much the mere existence of Dubya energizes the base, let alone his recurring policy nods to them. It's gotten to the point where sane people are now seeing at least pseudo-fascist overtones to Dubya's rallies -- how else to interpret the rally where the crowd collectively pledged allegiance to George W. Bush? So we ask again: 4 days from election day, what exactly is involved in further energizing the base?