Will the White House be able to pull if off?

In the wake of Peter Daou's most recent post (The Triangle) - which painted a grim picture for progressives, we read the following in Froomkin's January 24th report: (emp add)

Dan Eggen and Walter Pincus write ... "The remarks [by Bush] opened a three-day blitz by the administration aimed in part at making the controversial eavesdropping program a political winner for the White House in a midterm election year."

Charlie Savage writes in the Boston Globe: "Bush's aides have argued in recent weeks that he can boost his approval ratings by emphasizing his willingness to use any means necessary to fight terrorism.

If Bush can use the warrantless NSA spying to "boost his approval ratings" and make the program "a political winner" then there's not much hope for ever defeating this guy politically.


posted by Quiddity at 1/26/2006 12:07:00 PM