Bush To Step Up Campaigning On Economy, Iraq - (Reuters)

[WillyT]

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush's reelection campaign, in a tacit acknowledgment it is having trouble getting its message through, said on Sunday it would step up efforts to convince voters the economy and handover plans for Iraq are on track.

The two-week drive will be spearheaded by Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and first lady Laura Bush, and will include an expanded television advertising campaign focused on the economy in 19 battleground states.

The campaign's goal is to shift voters' attention from grim news about prisoner abuses and targeted assassinations in Iraq that have overshadowed the formation of a new interim government and a U.N. Security Council resolution.

Administration officials are particularly concerned that strong job growth at home has not translated -- as yet -- into higher approval ratings for Bush. The campaign said it would push harder to break through.

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Link: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=5409589

Wow... Laura to the rescue, huh???

I guess the twins will be out to rock the vote next!

:shrug:

[Tellurian]

1. I hear the clicking sounds of millions of tv's being turned off!

The country is fed up with the Bush Klan.

Today, Poppy had the audacity to say, he parachuted out of a plane out of respect for the military.. Another turn-off!

[BrotherBuzz]

2. Great news!

The more money Bush* spends the lower he drops in the polls. Bush* is toast! Heck, I might throw in a couple of bucks if it will cement his demise.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

3. Right...use the economy FratBoy. You're toast now, and it will only get..

...worse when the Fed starts to aggressively raise intertest rates to combat inflation.

[radfringe]

4. what it really means is he's going to step up

the negative ads...

Watched Theresa Heinz Kerry on C-Span yesterday - replay of a speech she gave last week

just prior to the re-broadcast, C-span played two commercials from bush* and two from Kerry

bush*'s commercials were very negative and didn't offer any spin at all on bush*'s job performance/proposals, Kerry's commercials - one didn't even mention bush*, the other did mention bush* but also offered proposals...

what we are seeing from bush* inc. is a variation of "kill the messenger" tactics, which is keeping within the entire M.O. of his mis-administration

as I keep asking myself and others -- if bush* is doing such a great job and has soooooo many sucesses then why isn't that in the commercials instead of all the bashing and sliming. Why the focus on negativity instead of the positive? Isn't this typical of how he does things - attack, attack, attack?

[readmylips]

5. bush running negative and lies Ad in AZ....

the Ad talks about one million new jobs created, the economy coming back due to a huge tax reduction. It ends mocking Kerry. 'We're talking about the future, while Kerry is still talking about the Great Depression.' They show Kerry's photo in black and white, and with messed up hair ala Saddam.

[AndyTiedye]

6. Not the kind of jobs you want

> about one million new jobs created,

unfortunately, most of them are in Iraq and involve torturing or killing people.

[LuminousX]

7. Let's see

We've lost millions of jobs and gained back thousands... talk to me when Bush has ADDED jobs, not REPLACED jobs. And talk to me when the jobs being added are equivalent in salary to the jobs that were lost.

[hatrack]

8. This will coincide neatly with the Fed rate hike

They'll boost interest rates in, what, about two weeks?

Chimpy's been busy continually bragging about our robust economy, when it's no more than an economy awash in cheap money. And when that money gets more expensive . . .

[Demeter]

9. When Life Hands You Lemons....

Be prepared to drown in excess lemonade!