What I cannot understand is why the administration was silent for so long. They have let the MSM create a perception of incompetence. The shocking stories out of New Orleans are, we now know, largely fabrications, but you won't see them revisit their coverage of Katrina in "Frontline" You won't
see them admit that FEMA aid came a lot qucker to the Gulf Coast than aid did to the Tsunami victims, nor will they tell us that like the Tsunami was a natural phenomenon of unprecedented size and violence.
Much the same thing has occured with respect to Iraq. The progress in the country has been totally ignored. It is literally never seen. The ratification of the constitution was literally buried in the back pages while the 2000th military was trumpted across the front pages and repeated every hour on the news for two days.
The Democrats are allowed to use the most extreme language, and any reply, even if in relatively moderate language is treated as equally extreme.
The release of Pflame's name is treated as if it was vital to the national interest, but the leak of the new of the "black cells" is a "good leak." Basically anything that reduces the credibility of the administration is allowed.
But what do we expect? That they will give both sides? The administration has got to continue the campaign. Maybe a Bush trip to Iraq.
I don't think we've ever seen it at this fever pitch, not even during the last election.
They are desperate.