The Accountability Contract with America

I hear so many people saying the same basic thing as Krugman — Bush must be held accountable — that I thought maybe it would be good to get a discussion going and unpack this....What one thing has to occur in order for it to be clear that Bush has been held accountable by voters or the opposition party?

Well, we'd all like to see the press keep their newfound spine, but I wouldn't count on that. And we'd certainly like to see Republicans pay a price at the polls in 2006, but that's more an objective than a strategy. The question is, how do we keep "accountability" front and center for the next year or so?