Bunkering down in a bout of depression, if you believe this Insight webzine story.

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Kinsley was crowing about the Webzine's jump in readership: 270, 000 different visitors in January, nearly double the audience of a month earlier.

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The webzine says Bush confers daily with only four people: wife Laura, mother Barbara, advisor Karen Hughes and Secretary of State, Condi Rice.

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Kinsley, the former New Republic editor (and current TIME essayist), reports that 17, 000 subscribers had signed up by midweek, a big falloff in audience but a necessary step, he argues, if the Webzine is to be a self-sustaining business.

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