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To: LindyBill who wrote (30135)	2/17/2004 2:32:09 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

From ABC News Kerry campaign reporter Ed O'Keefe: GREEN BAY, W.I, Feb. 16--Forty-four years ago, a 23-year-old Ted Kennedy accepted a dare, agreeing to fly off a Wisconsin ski jump to support his older brother, then-hopeful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, Senator John F. Kennedy. On Monday, the-now Senior Senator from Massachusetts who good-naturedly described himself as "71 and a little heavier" nevertheless offered to do the same for his junior colleague, Senator John F. Kerry. Fortunately for Kennedy, Kerry might not need any stunts for a decisive Wisconsin win. Despite a wide lead in most Badger State polls, a commanding 560 delegate head count nationally, growing fundraising and positive press, the frontrunner is taking no chances. Or, some might argue, Kerry is going for the jugular in what could, for the first time in four decades, prove an influential Midwestern contest. Engaging in his most active single state day of campaigning since New Hampshire, Kerry started early and ended late on Election eve. Holding three events in Wausau, Green Bay and Milwaukee, Senator Kerry deviated from his tarmac to tarmac, media and momentum-dependent game plan but stuck strictly to the strategic anti-Bush playbook. Kerry's immediate post-Wisconsin strategy will be to travel to Ohio, a state the Senator has repeatedly claimed was a winnable one for Vice President Gore in 2000. In regards to further plans, Kerry would only add, "We're talking about the schedule right now. Obviously, New York, California, Ohio … it's hard right now to say." The Massachusetts Senator may be tired of the Iowa-New Hampshire-Wisconsin cold. Traveling from Green Bay to Milwaukee, the Senator turned to his campaign staff and proclaimed, "Hey guys, we have to go to Hawaii. How can you dis Hawaii?" Adding insult to injury, it appears that if Kerry does not make it to the Aloha State before their February 24th primary, he may not even be able to bank all those campaign hotel credits. Having spotted a traveling reporter booking an upcoming vacation online, Kerry turned to all-purpose aide Marvin Nicholson and asked, "Do we get (hotel) points? (The reporters) get points for vacation." Nicholson, the 6'8" Kerry "body man", replied, "Ah, I don't know. We'll look into it." Kerry retorted, "Look into it. Yeah, I've heard that staff answer before." The Kerry campaign remains up with three rotating ads in Wisconsin through Tuesday's primary. They have not made any final decisions with regard to Super Tuesday advertising.

To: LindyBill who wrote (30135)	2/17/2004 4:50:20 PM
From: Bridge Player	Respond to of 793914

<< "Economics is not a laboratory science like chemistry. We usually can't run controlled experiments and isolate the effect of any particular factor," says Benjamin Friedman, a Harvard economics professor who specializes in government spending and taxes. "There were so many things going on over the past few years. Disentangling them is extremely difficult — almost impossible." While this statement is probably true, it sounds like a statement from someone who knows perfectly well that the tax cuts pushed for by Bush and enacted by the Congress were a major factor in the economic rebound, yet is reluctant to give them any credit for same.