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The media is in shock. Laura Bush got up in front of the toughest audience in the world for a Republican and was more charming,likable and funny than any first lady in history. The point that every liberal got,was the combination of Hillary, Whoopi Goldberg, Ellen Degenerate and Roseanne on their best day could not equal Laura's performance.

What Laura managed to paint herself and the entire Bush family as warm, caring, funny and very human people.

Could anyone imagine Hillary standing in the same spot in the fifth year of the Clinton presidency and making similar jokes about Bill Clinton.

There is a reasonable audience for the Correspondents dinner. But one thing is certain, every journalism major in every college watches this every year. They are taught day in and day out that Conservatives are evil, humorless, people who never deserve an even break. What they got to see was the media big shots give Laura Bush a standing ovation. Every person watching understands that Laura Bush did that routine with the full support of her husband.

None of them could imagine a Bill Clinton, Al Gore, or John Kerry being secure enough to encourage their wifes to poke fun at them. And were Hillary to become president, no one could imagine Bill Clinton being allowed to say similar things about Hillary.

Consider that Laura included Lynn and Dick Cheney, Condi Rice, Karen Hughes, and Donald Rumsfeld in the monologue. She made certain to mention their names in a very positive fashion. The media got told who has influence and who is in the inner circle of the Bush administration. Any one on the left that reported earlier this spring that Rummy was on his way out... just got told that is a lie. The mention that the President, Cheney, and Rummy get along well together was a message to the media that they could not miss.

Laura made the point that the Bush administration will not turn its back on its people just because the media tries to take them down.

What we saw was a very happily married couple. Secure in their marriage and in each other. The contrast with the Kerrys, Gores and Clintons could not have been more clear. It is probably not a conscious thought. But there are many people who have positive impression of the marriages of the Reagans and both Bush Presidents. The contrast with the marriages of the Clintons, Gores and Kerrys could not be more clear.

They say the Democrats are the Mommy party and the Republicans are the Daddy party. How many people in 2008 will want Hillary as a surrogate mommy. I think it would take a pretty bad Daddy to lose that contest.