Let the good times roll...

More on the World Bank, goshdarnit. There is, it would appear, trouble in paradise:

Although many bank insiders and observers predict that the odds strongly favor Wolfowitz eventually getting the job, the furor yesterday indicated that at the very least a fight will rage for several weeks before the board approves him.

Of course, in such a situation, it always helps to consider the source. And if we believe the Washington Post (a reasonable thing to do, since it's not the New York Times), one of the more prominent COWs (critics of Wolfowitz) is a British MP named Clare Short, former Minister for International Development. Two things are worth noting about her. First, she's the former minister because she resigned her government post on the eve of the Iraq war in 2003. Second, well, she's an idiot. (I Googled "Clare Short" and that link was exactly the sixth result to appear.)

With enemies like these, you must be on the right track.