. . . is CNBC giving Tina Brown a show? For the sharp analysis of the president offered in her latest column? “‘If only Tony Blair were President’ is still the prevailing feeling among Americans, whatever they feel about the war. . . . There is something dense and taciturn about Bush even when he’s being charming. He has the damped-down anger of the dry drunk. When he’s not scripted, his bald answers seem to be covering up ulterior motives. . . . The President’s positive opinion-poll ratings remind us that second-rate actors can still appear in hits.”