Kerry issued a major new speech yesterday morning criticizing the war
in Iraq in plain-spoken terms. The Bush campaign immediately answered,
and by the time you get to
today's
NYT article the story is half about what Kerry said, half about
how Bush answered. I counted: 15 inches about Kerry, 14
inches about Bush, 6 inches of context.
Mr. Bush's advisers watched the 10 a.m. speech on television at the
White House and set to work with him aboard Air Force One at noon to
insert a hard-hitting response into the president's remarks at a
campaign event in Derry, N.H.
Just like with
the war
record flap, the Bush campaign is controlling the debate around
Iraq. And it's
working.
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