It is said that this has been a good week for Bu$h.

[DemoTex]

Of course it has! No bad news is good news. Who knows what scandals are buried in the national media hysteria over a 93 year-old's death. The media-whores usually take a timid step forward, and then three steps back. This week, they back-stepped a hundred yards.

[Walt Starr]

1. Nope, they were just marching in place

Starting Monday, I predict the dam bursts.

[lancdem]

2. I agree

[Zen Democrat]

3. I've got a different take on this that may be DISASTROUS for Dubya.

All day I've heard media types saying that there is this outpouring for Reagan because he represents a time when there was no acrimony (at least not by today's standards) and that Americans are hungry to put the partisanship behind them and unite as Americans.

Well, we all know where the partisanship is coming from. It started in earnest with what the Republicans did to and are still trying to do to Bill Clinton -- and it is thriving in this Rove-based, vengeance-filled administration of George the Pretender.

My point is that the almost completely negative campaign of Bush/Cheney may suffer (even worse than it has been lately) in light of the Reagan glow. All the talk about Reagan's congeniality and compassion, which is blown way out of proportion, no doubt, may cause the people on the fence to take an even more jaundiced view of the Pretender and his corrupt Regent.

They'll look at what we have now, the Boy King and the illegal war, the secrets, the lies, the torture, the pure evil of it all. Boy George can't look good in comparison to Saint Ronnie.

Also, people keep hearing from the pundits that the electorate threw out Jimmy Carter, who was a "nice guy" because they were frustrated that the Iranian hostage crisis wasn't solved. What is the electorate in general going to think about Iraq? Not hostages, but 800+ dead soldiers, with no end in sight.

BTW, I thought Kerry's visit to the Library yesterday was brilliant.

[louis c]

4. No movement in Poll numbers

Kerry still ahead.

[DemoTex]

5. That is not my point!

My point is what might be missed, and covered-up forever, on the Bu$h scandal page. Think Rove isn't taking advantage of the no-news week? All sorts of shit is happening. Count on that!