Saturday, October 30, 2004
We Know He Got Away...
by Tom Bozzo
As October surprises go, there is no remotely rational reason that this one should be favorable to the President's re-election campaign. That the administration response, as Marshall reports, was 'please don't attack us' and the Kerry attacks are 'discredited' even though a core element has been shown dramatically to be true -- tough talk didn't get the SOB -- (plus the usual deflect, deflect, deflect) suggests that they actually were on the defensive. Now is no time to let them get their footing.
Josh Marshall has an excellent buck-up piece on the Bin Laden tape.
As October surprises go, there is no remotely rational reason that this one should be favorable to the President's re-election campaign. That the administration response, as Marshall reports, was 'please don't attack us' and the Kerry attacks are 'discredited' even though a core element has been shown dramatically to be true -- tough talk didn't get the SOB -- (plus the usual deflect, deflect, deflect) suggests that they actually were on the defensive. Now is no time to let them get their footing.
