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Oh, gimme a break! Bush was not ignoring those problems, ESPECIALLY the economy. No President wanting to win re-election would ignore that. He just happened to be a bit busy with other priorities.

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"He just happened to be a bit busy with other priorities. "

Basically I'm in agreement with you. Up to now Bush could only do one thing at a time. His biggest priority was to reach out to black, Jewish, Hispanic and women voters to increase the GOP base. Maybe Chaney was to take care of Israel/Palestine, North Korea and the economy. I think Bush took care of his end.