[be-baw]

Bush will get defensive (rather than go on the offense)

The Bush team is already gone to the offense. They're gradually turning up the heat, and you'll hear more this weekend from Bush at a coupla meetings, and from Bush spokesmen on tomorrow's screaming head shows. The problem, of course, is that they won't be as shrill as Dashle and the other 'Rats. They'll be pretty clear in portraying the bad guys as obstructionists, but they're not likely to go much further.

I suspect we would agree that Team Bush needs to be more blunt about exposing the Rat lies for what they are...that doesn't seem likely to happen, unfortunately.

[OldFriend]

If you listen carefully you hear that there is STILL a surplus.........none of Daschle's speech makes particular sense but the idea is that the media will carry his fright rhetoric for him and there doesn't have to be a shred of truth in any of his premises.

[The Raven]

>>I suspect we would agree that Team Bush needs to be more blunt about exposing the Rat lies for what they are

Like "rhetoric right out of the Taliban handbook" or something more blunt. Bush won't do it and the poll numbers will drop. Too bad.