What's so bad about contingency planning? This is a FullCourt press by the mediadems; they've panicked about the Nov elections and want this story to drip drip drip all thorugh the summer.
They have declared war on the R party. Typically these come in 3's. I don't think they are done.
Agreed. The Dems know they cannot overcome Bush's popularity, and likely coattail effects it could have on congressional elections. All they can hope to do is put a dent in his approval ratings, take him down a few pegs, and thereby reduce or potentially eliminate any coattail effects.
What aggrevates me is that this dust up occurs no more than about 24 hours after McAliffe was calling the use of Bush's 9/11 photo on the phone overly political and "grotesque." Hypocrats!