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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (2180)5/5/2004 2:51:00 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
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Without question, the Iraq prison abuse controversy is going to dramatically impact the presidential election.

Unless it doesn't.

It's a story so big that for the foreseeable future it is sure to blot out gas prices, health care needs, jobs, the country of origin of buses, shrapnel wounds -- even Nicolle Devenish's appearances on FNC.

With Sen. Kerry largely staying out of the picture so far (although he is sure to address the matter in at least a muted way when he begins to engage with a questioning media today), the electoral contours of this story are anything but clear.

Political sharpies can make up scenarios projected towards the fall in which all this swirl hurts the President's chances for re-election, but the odds of those outcomes are still pretty low.

Nonetheless, as we sit here today, all the elements of a politically damaging, fully engulfing Washington scandal have entered the water like so many streams of blood:

1. Endless process and procedures for the media to cover -- investigative, legal, journalistic.

2. A chance for Senators Biden and McCain to demand answers ad infinitum on any TV show that will have them.

3. Bipartisan outrage and calls for accountability, including from Republican leaders such as Tom DeLay.

4. New "characters" emerging every day.

5. Blind-quote-fed intra-Administration fighting and finger pointing.

6. Questions about "what did the President know and when did he know it?"

Which is why President Bush plans to give interviews from the Map Room to Al Hurra and Al Arabyia television networks. He then meets with the Prime Minister of Singapore and makes remarks on Cinco de Mayo at the White House. Later he attends an RNC gala fundraiser in Washington.
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