the white house could send Bush to a microphone any time they wanted, they don't do it. they could have done it yesterday - not to claim some massive WMD find, but just to note that this had occurred and was being investigated. The political team is media tone deaf.
As I mentioned on another sarin-related thread this morning, WOR radio had Brian Ross of ABC News on this morning with a "breaking" story that a plot to use chemical weapons against our troops has been uncovered and somehow tied in with the chemical story out of Jordan. He said that more would be coming out soon. Nothing on ABC's nwes site yet.
Or not. Think about it this way: would the media trumpet a story on WMDs that was broken through the WH? Not a chance. It would be spun by Kerry and the talking heads as "yet another desperate attempt by Bush to excuse his lying actions and bumbling in Iraq."
If, however, the media themselves are allowed to "break" the story, they're going to fall all over themselves to do it. It's too big to let go. The pieces seem to be falling into place now. And what's better, by letting the news come out at the hands of the media, it leaves the Democrat naysayers twisting slowly in the wind....