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To: Dale Baker who wrote (23614)	7/11/2006 9:40:09 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 541548

One of the things commentators like Josh Marshall will do in the upcoming months is hammer away at Tony Snow's credibility and try to get him caught in what Marshall terms the language of the "wingnuts." If one is looking for entertainment from politics, and I certainly am, this will be one place to look. And Marshall is quite good at keeping track of that. Particularly when he can take his eyes off tracking which legislator favors Bush's approach to social security, or which Rep representative is caught up in the Cunningham or Abramoff scandals. But, for serious foreign policy analysis, particularly with access to conflicts inside the Bush administration, it's hard to beat Steve Clemons.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (23614)	7/11/2006 12:18:48 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 541548

I can only think he has marching orders from Rove to hammer away at the Democrats are wimps national security theme until November. It's still a perfect wedge issue. There is a hard core of Republicans who cannot tolerate any criticism on any aspect of the war and see it as a simultaneous attack on the military and the Commander-in-chief (who happens to be Bush, not that most of them actually like Bush). Causes reflexive thermonuclear outrage. Provokes the "Democrats are the enemy of America, MSM are the enemy of America" stuff that makes Karl Rove happy, happy, happy. Edit: forgot, now "SCOTUS hates America," as well. That is, the five who voted against the administration in Hamdan. Sheesh. Glad they're outnumbered, they're scary. Edit again: oops, forgot, "John McCain hates America, too."