[_Jim]

Bush needed a stronger msg for his national audience.

Correcting chubby-faced potato-boy wasn't enough? Constantly covering the same subjects as asked by Russert repeatedly wasn't strong enough?

In case you didn't notice, this was a grilling under the guise of an interview and I think the president did an EXCELLANT job of defusing a contentious and irritating Russert.

Tell us, have you had a chance to see and review 'the interview' again after your original viewing?

[Fenris6]

In case you didn't notice, this was a grilling under the guise of an interview and I think the president did an EXCELLANT job of defusing a contentious and irritating Russert. Agreed. But Russert is not his AUDIENCE. This was a waste of good oportunity. Hopefully CR is holding the big guns back until mid-summer.