Who turned on the lightbulb in W’s head?

Or maybe the fog just lifted.

From yesterday’s New York Times: Bush Requests $30 Billion to Fight AIDS

Mr. Bush’s announcement, delivered in the White House Rose Garden, adds to what has become an unexpectedly high priority for the White House.

From today’s Times: Bush Proposes Goals on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

President Bush, fending off international accusations that he was ignoring climate change, proposed for the first time on Thursday to set “a long-term global goal” for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and he called on other high-polluting nations to join the United States in negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement by the end of next year.

Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight …