<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 1/28/2003 2:46:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, dhenwood@panix.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">So what are the odds on the State of the Union effect? My guess is <BR>
that as long as Bush avoids visibly frothing, it will be proclaimed a <BR>
"home run" by the pundits, who will condede that he still has a <BR>
little more work to "close the deal" on the war, but conclude that <BR>
the speech was a masterful and heroic intervention that has changed <BR>
the course of history. Am I being too pessimistic?<BR>
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Doug<BR>
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Right again, Doug! <BR>
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Sergio</FONT></HTML>