[Kevin Curry]

In an odd, indirect, but unusually effective way, this "pulls the sting" on Bush's very public denunciation of affirmative action. Democrat demogogues have been trying desperately to paint Bush out to be the sworn enemy of blacks, and he counters by offering to provide life-saving medicine to millions predominantly black sufferers of a terrible, terrible disease.

[AppyPappy]

And the Democrats respond by saying that $15B is an insult and proves Bush doesn't care. They ask for $35B.