Interesting spin on Bush's miserably failed "job training initiatives"

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It's Iraq, stupid!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1802&ncid=1802&e=11&u=/washpost/20040718/ts_washpost/a58274_2004jul17

Bush advisers said even if they had tried to present a second-term agenda, news from Iraq would have overwhelmed it, and they point to the president's job training initiatives, which have received little attention, as evidence. They also said the president has had to struggle to change public perceptions that the economic recovery has not reached down to help average Americans.

Bush advisers discount the idea that they have waited too long to unveil a second-term agenda. They note that President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) did not unveil his theme of a "bridge to the 21st century" until his convention in 1996. But they say they recognize that victory depends on Bush's ability to convince voters that he has an agenda superior to Kerry's.