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To: Ish who wrote (12208)	10/14/2003 5:58:48 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793690

Great bit from "The Note" ____________________________ Today, we humbly offer America's political journalists the following mid-course (correction) reminders, knowing full well the effect this will have on our in-boxes — but we aren't afraid. Let's all remember to: 1. Note when the president's poll numbers go up (since we go straight to chicken little mode when they go down). See Gallup today, which says "President Bush's job approval rating (is) running roughly five points higher than last month. Fifty-six percent now approve of the overall job he is doing." LINK (And/but there is a there's a fascinating ABC News/ Washington Post poll coming out tonight … ) 2. Note when there is good economic news (since we act like we are in the Great Depression everytime a Subway closes). 3. Hold Democratic presidential candidates accountable for their rhetorical consistency and policy proposals — Deficit reduction? Job growth? Finding Saddam and bin Laden? (since we demand all that from the incumbent). 4. Not act like Joe Trippi is anymore intrinsically interesting than Ken Mehlman when assigning profiles (although it's true that we have never seen Ken huddled under an airline blanket on his office couch on a Sunday night). 5. Imagine what kind of coverage the president (or even his major surrogates) would get if he called his opponents "phony" or some such thing. Now, let's all get back to our anti-Republican, anti-Bush, anti-incumbent, more-analytical-less-reporting mode of behavior!! abcnews.go.com