Reality-BasedTM Political Numbers from Nicholas Beaudrot
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Reality-BasedTM Political Numbers from Nicholas Beaudrot
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Despite the protestations of CBS News, there are strange ways in which the "recent unpleasantness" isn't so bad for the White House. As measured by the number of Google News articles, Hurricane Katrina is still a much larger story than Cheney. The shooting has not moved Katrina from headline slot in either the Seattle Times and the Post-Intelligencer, but it has at least prevented the news cycle from being all FEMA, all the time. Beyond Katrina, there is still plenty of dirt to dig up on Jack Abramoff. Plus, the Economic Report of the President literally says up is down. It's quite possible that it's easier to deal with the Vice President shooting a guy in the face than to handle a full week on corruption and incompetence at FEMA.
I'm not suggesting that Karl Rove whispered these thoughts in Cheney's ear ... even he's not that Machiavellian ... but there are worse news stories out there.
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updated by Nicholas Beaudrot on 08:13 15 February 2006
