[luv2ski]

The panel discussed this yesterday on Fox News Special Report. Even Mara Liason (who is fairly balanced but leans left) couldn't come up with anything to say in defense of this strategy. They all (Jeff Greenfield, Charles Krauthammer and Mara) agreed that what the Dems are missing is that W has 4 years as commander in chief which counts a heck of a lot more to the voting public than his National Guard service. Plus they pointed out that this has been brought up many times. Mara said that the time to bring this up was in 2000 when we didn't yet know how W would lead and this might have been a clue. At this point it just reeks of desperation.

[Stop_Neocons]

Dubya's National Guard service is kinda like Bubba's marital history. In both cases there were "blemishes" but most voters decided they didn't matter. The only voters ticked off about Dubya's guard service (i.e. how his dad pulled strings to get him in, how he apparently played "hooky" towards the end of his hitch etc.) will only offend those voters who'd never vote for him anyway, just as voters professing anger over Gennifer Flowers etc. would never have voted for Clinton.

[luv2ski]

oops! my mistake! It was Jeff Birnbam, not Jeff Greenfield. Big difference!