GREG DJEREJIAN EXPLAINS why he’s voting for Bush. “In short, Bush’s record has been mixed–but he gets the existential stakes at play. I would only vote for Kerry if: a) he got the stakes too and b) assuming ‘a’, that I thought he would prosecute the war in materially more effective fashion. I don’t believe either.”

Read the whole thing, which is thorough, thoughtful, and — despite the conclusion — unsparing in its criticism of the Bush Administration.