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To: lurqer who wrote (29463)	10/3/2003 1:29:21 AM
From: lurqer	Respond to of 89467

While Kay has tried to spin his report, like a bad top, it won't spin. The fallout of this report has only begun. Without question, the gap between what Mr. Bush said existed in Iraq and what Dr. Kay has failed to find will be argued about again and again as Americans discuss whether it was right to go into Iraq in the first place, and debate what to do now. "This presents the president with a huge problem" of explaining why the weapons have not been found, said Lee H. Hamilton, a former Democratic congressman from Indiana and now the president of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. "He and his aides have said over and over again that they will find" unconventional weapons. "They cannot say that anymore in light of the evidence." ... Several of Mr. Bush's advisers and associates, speaking under the cover of anonymity, said the issue of what weapons Mr. Hussein possessed would have far less political relevance if the occupation was going smoothly. But it is not. The effect on voters is evident: a New York Times/CBS News poll released Thursday shows that public approval for how Mr. Bush is handling Iraq has now dropped to 47 percent, down from 75 percent in the midst of the heavy fighting. That is a sign, as one of Mr. Bush's senior aides said Thursday, that "we have a lot of work to do." from nytimes.com JMO lurqer