Ham, you may be onto something. I don't think Bush did this -- or anything else, for that matter -- without playing it out six different ways from sideways in his own head...he's every bit the master of 'strategery' Limbaugh gives credit for, IMHO.
Frank - White House spin??? It was Ann Coulter who brought the pout about HM not being from a "good school." She wrote a whole stupid paper about it: "Does This Resume Make Me Look Fat?" Pee-yew!
Thanks for the ping!