[Fledermaus]

I keep loving this false "conventional wisdom" that Bush is "finally" responding.

Bush planned on responding on his timetable, not that of the press. He only let loose, as they planned, once a Dem nominee was clear. Even two weeks ago Bush didn't even say, "Sen. Kerry" and instead gave that speech on the Dems running that were left and mentioned, "and that's just the Sen. from Massachusetts".

So now that Kerry is the obvious nominee, they opened up their offensive game plan...not a defensive game the press wants to claim is happening.

[nopardons]

I agree with you, but..........

They brilliantly waited, until Kerry had ALL of the delegates he needs to make him the OFFICIAL Dem presidential candidate.The Bush team, unlike some FREEPERS, knew that garnering the full amount of delegates, negates a brokered convention in Boston;which completely does away with Hillary being anointed there. :-)

[faithincowboys]

You know what sickens me though, Bush and co. are portrayed as the attackers, while Kerry is portrayed as the unfairly attacked. It is such a dishonest representation of reality--the emedia sickens me.

[GOPrincess]

Well, I do think the Bush team should have been more nimble handling the response to the 9/11 "commercials" protests, which took place after Kerry was the presumptive nominee...The commercials were *wonderful* but the response to the protest malarkey was too slow coming.

On the other hand, I am VERY pleased with what I'm seeing this week, especially V-P Cheney's speech. It caused me to think back to his convention speech when he said "Help is on the way!" He is such a great guy. My family went to see Cheney and Powell at a rally in CA two days before the 2000 election and it was a thrill to listen to the future V.P. and Secretary of State give speeches! :) (Of course, we never dreamed that Sunday how loooong it would take to know they were the V.P. and Secretary of State, LOL.)