[Miss Marple]

Yours is the most interesting comment in this thread. Why, indeed, did Fineman write this and Newsweek print it?

In my mind there are two alternatives:

1.) Fineman has been noticeably kinder to President Bush on the talk shows, Newsweek has to have seen its numbers rise whenever they feature the President, and perhaps it is just a warning.

OR

2.) This isn't really the democrats' plan, but it gets all sorts of people in a dither, squabbling and pointing fingers, and weakens the Republican base without the dems having to do anything at all. You can see the squabbling beginning right here.

Personally, I choose Door Number 2.

[anniegetyourgun]

I don't think this is an attempt to get at Christians (though it will have that end result). I think this is a clear attempt to bait the President, draw him out in anger, make him appear to be a "religious fanatic", etc. It's George W. Bush who is the target. He is, after all, the one who is giving them fits right now.

[yikes]

I'm using the occasion of your post to bump this important thread and to say that I concur with door no.2. Wouldn't have agreed 3 or 4 years ago but perceive an irrational sense of desperation among the dims these days.

So many of them are filled with rage and hatred, including voters and politicians, that I am truly puzzled by their behavior. Guess they miss their Clinton Kool-Aid.