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To: Lane3 who wrote (69515)	5/31/2008 9:32:19 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541957

It's managing the scenario Except the scenario in this case involves the top US public official. The message became clear years ago that anyone who wasn't a devoted follower would never get near the man or speak to the man. "Public life" became an endless series of corny, stage-managed dog and pony shows. The end result was an isolated presidency unable to reach anyone outside Bush's immediate base. And in his last couple of years, Bush has been reduced to a veto pen as far as power and influence. A wonderful lesson in how NOT to use the bully pulpit. Let's have a president who will stand up and debate different POVs again. Washington is never going to be run by a single, insular, ideological clique to the exclusion of all others. Watching Bush's approval crash has reinforced that positive message.