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10/07/2004: Good advice ordinarily, but consider who we're dealing with here.....
From Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Saying President Bush inflicted "massive damage" on his campaign during the last debate, Dick Morris says "the strategy required for coaching a president for a debate is the exact opposite of that you have to use to prep a challenger. Challengers need to learn as much as they can to prepare for all questions and become conversant with every area of policy. A president is already informed; the coach's job is to help him sift through what he knows and hone from it a coherent response to challenges from his adversary." [my emphasis --LRC]The kicker is, of course, the emphasized statement. Most, if not all, Presidents of the modern age (shall we say, from Woodrow Wilson to Bill Clinton) have been "already informed". However, I've seen little evidence to justify my assenting to the truth of the proposition: "George W. Bush is informed about the important issues in the 2004 Presidential election." I'd therefore question how useful Morris's advice really is for the Bush campaign.
Len on 10.07.04 @ 12:44 PM CST
