[frankiep]

There are things I think that the Bush Administration does well, and things I think they do pretty poorly. Spin control and reacting to news reports are one of the the things they do very poorly. I didn't think it was possible to do as poorly in this arena as the BA has.

[oceanview]

they are getting killed on this issue. you wonder if anyone in the white house communications team ever listens to talk radio, or reads some blogs, or reads FR - to see what people are talking about.

they are getting killed on this stupid issue, when one phone call to Treasury could have ended this story on Wednesday.