Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Paige's reflections Posted here Tuesday, February 24, 2004 at 9:00:38 AM     Paige said the NEA was terrorists, but it's important to look at the reverse sensitivity. he realizes it was wrong, but that it happened tells us something about the way labguage may be being used in the Cabinet - and a trial baloon for campaign language? "As one who grew up on the receiving end of insensitive remarks, I should have chosen my words better," said Paige, the first black education secretary. ********

Political bytes Posted here Tuesday, February 24, 2004 at 8:54:22 AM     Overheard Quote of the Day "The other party's nomination battle is still playing out. The candidates are an interesting group, with diverse opinions. For tax cuts, and against them. For NAFTA, and against NAFTA. For the Patriot Act, and against the Patriot Act. In favor of liberating Iraq, and opposed to it. And that's just one senator from Massachusetts." -- President Bush, as quoted by the Boston Globe, in a speech last night to Republican governors. ********

election bytes " the refcession is the clinton recession" Posted here Tuesday, February 24, 2004 at 8:17:59 AM     From calpundit, another hint at election bytes  BUSH ECONOMY....I've never been able to work up much interest in watching the Sunday morning chat shows, but a friend of mine who was surfing around yesterday says that the phrase "Clinton recession" was all over the place. It's the Bushies' latest talking point.   ********

Election bytes Bush above and below. Posted here Tuesday, February 24, 2004 at 7:21:25 AM     From talkingpointmemo, on election bytes E.J. Dionne has an excellent piece in Tuesday's Post, the heart of which is this passage ... What's forgotten is that Bush has a pattern throughout his political career of staying above the fray while others tear his opponents to shreds. The Republicans are trying to weave a clear narrative about Kerry. The above-the-surface part is about his voting record, which Kerry will, indeed, have to defend. The below-the-surface part will paint him as a Vietnam-peacenik-Massachusetts-liberal weirdo. This feels too weak to me, and innaccurate enough and not in synch with popular tendencies. ********