No one should hide or lie.
But, was this the first time anyone has watched 60 Minutes? How long does it take to understand what that show is all about? Are we stupid? I think we need to get control of our expectations.
The White House knows the score. This was a hatchet job, for sure, and I don't always understand why they don't highlight whatever I want them to, but PD is right -- GWB has a string of wins behind him and he's no dummy. Rove and Hughes, and his entire cabinet for that matter, are all brilliant. In November, despite the incredible assistance the DNC gets from the mainstream media, they'll be crying in their beers just as they did in November of 2002, wondering what the heck just hit them. There'll be a temporary moratorium on the ban of DU posts and we'll be posting a lot of "Little Tommy is deeply saddened" jokes.
If one assumes the WH thinks this attack hurts them then I would agree. Experience ha shown that whenever Bush has been attacked on 9/11 for whatever reason his ratings increase.
If this is true, then the best thing the administration can do is keep the volley going back and forth. If the spike the ball the win the current game but everyone stops watching. If the keep the ball in play they avoid other issues.
The most powerfull statistic I saw in the last week is that Kerry only carries the trust of 52% of RAT support on the war/terror. 48% of his own party doesn't trust him.