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To: stockman_scott who wrote (159604)	3/24/2005 4:52:45 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 281500

This is way OT, and sort of an extreme culture war / true believer thing to boot, but I happened to have just read this particular analysis that guesses that Rove is on the case just fine, thank you. Watching the Polls? Jennifer Loven writes for the Associated Press: "President Bush suggested Wednesday that he and Congress could do no more in the Terri Schiavo case but he hoped federal courts would decide to prolong the Florida woman's life. The White House said it had run out of legal options. . . . "Bush, speaking during a joint appearance at Baylor University here with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, said he and GOP leaders did their best to help Schiavo's parents prolong her life. " 'And we felt like the actions taken with Congress was the best course of action,' Bush said. 'This is an extraordinary and sad case, and I believe that in a case such as this, the legislative branch, the executive branch ought to err on the side of life, which we have. And now we'll watch the courts make its decisions. But we looked at all options from the executive branch perspective.' " Here's the transcript. Bill Plante reports on the CBS Evening News that Bush's restrained comments yesterday were "a far cry from him rushing back to sign the bill that Congress passed." And Plante apparently has a hunch why. "Certainly, what drove the Congress and the president was at least in part compassion for this terrible situation. "Now that said, we know that the White House keeps a very close eye on public opinion, and we have to assume that they're reading the same polls that we are, that shows that the public just doesn't want them involved. . . . "Our poll shows that across the board, people don't think the federal government should have been involved here . . . even a majority of evangelical Christians." That new CBS Poll finds: "Americans have strong feelings about the Terri Schiavo case, and a majority says the feeding tube should not now be re-inserted. This view is shared by Americans of all political persuasions. Most think the feeding tube should have been removed, and most also do not think the U.S. Supreme Court should hear the case. washingtonpost.com