By the second half of 2006. the American electorate had learned from both the poorly managed war in Iraq and the miserable response of the government to the hurricane damage in the South that the Bush administration was bad at governing. Whether the policies were right or wrong (they were mostly wrong) was irrelevant as the unsatisfactory execution of the administration's plans brought little save embarrassment. As a result, the Republicans lost control of Congress, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld resigned. During the period in question, Israel managed to not win a fight with Hezbollah, Chavez won re-election in Venezuela, and worst of all, North Korea successfully tested a nuclear weapon.

Jeff Myhre founded the Kensington Review in the autumn of 2002. He attended the University of Colorado where he double majored in history and international affairs. He earned his PhD at the London School of Economics in international relations. He is a member of both the Foreign Policy Association and the World Policy Institute.