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To: LindyBill who wrote (99579)	2/9/2005 3:47:10 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793905

Beating A Very Brave Retreat -- Again By Captain Ed on Dayton Watch Brave Sir Dayton has again beat a very brave retreat from Washington DC, this time in a metaphoric sense, as he abruptly announced that he will not seek re-election in 2006, more than eighteen months away: Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., said today that he will not run for re-election in 2006. Dayton made the announcement this afternoon in a telephone conference call with reporters. "I do not believe that I am the best candidate to lead the DFL Party to victory next year,'' Dayton said. No kidding. Even the DFL has started to come around to that realization. Late last month, Dayton's approval rating in the always-generous Minnesota Poll retreated faster than Dayton himself last October from DC. He lost 15 points, even among Democrats and their Twin Cities power base. His positive rating came in five points below what George Bush had just received in the last election in Minnesota in a losing effort. Responses showed that Minnesota voters had deep reservations about Dayton's hysterical flight from the nation's capitol before the election and in his equally hysterical rants about Condoleezza Rice during her confirmation debate. His early surrender gives the Democrats two years left on his lame-duck seat, complicating his committee assignments. After all, anything with any visibility should be given to Democrats who need the positive publicity of their assignments for their re-election campaigns, especially with the Democrats in such poor shape in the Senate already. Dayton leaves the DFL plenty of time to develop a candidate to run against Rep. Mark Kennedy, who the cognoscenti feel has the best shot at the GOP nomination. This time, Democrats, try to get someone who won't wet his armor at the sight of a killer rabbit.

To: LindyBill who wrote (99579)	2/9/2005 8:20:17 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793905

Drudge Now: WHITE HOUSE BLASTS WASHINGTON POST -- AGAIN Wed Feb 09 2005 17:25:59 ET For the second time in less than a week, the White House has issued a rare public demand for The WASHINGTON POST to correct high impact stories about the cost of President Bush's domestic initiatives. The POST caved last Thursday after the White House savaged reporter Jonathan Weisman's article on Social Security (“Benefit Cuts Would Offset Contributions”). Not only did the POST run a correction, but Weisman wrote an entire story correcting his earlier account. The bad blood boiled over again today when the POST led its editions with a story about Medicare costs by Ceci Connolly and Mike Allen (“Medicare Drug Benefit May Cost $1.2 Trillion”). The White House issued a scathing attack on the story, coupled with a demand for a fresh correction. A second correction would be a major journalistic embarrassment for the POST, which the White House argues is providing ammunition to Democrats for use in baseless attacks against the president. The WASHINGTON POST, however, stands by its story this time. "We're satisfied that our story is quite accurate and don't see any need for a correction," said an editor. Developing...