>So where's
>Dick? Is he in an "undisclosed location"
>or is he ill or what?
It said in today's Times that he's been at his ranch in Wyoming.
Also, in the same piece <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspecial/05bush.html>, a review of Rove's PR strategy: focus on the future, and blame the local Dems.
>One Republican with knowledge of the effort said that Mr. Rove had
>told administration officials not to respond to Democratic attacks
>on Mr. Bush's handling of the hurricane in the belief that the
>president was in a weak moment and that the administration should
>not appear to be seen now as being blatantly political. As with
>others in the party, this Republican would discuss the deliberations
>only on condition of anonymity because of keen White House
>sensitivity about how the administration and its strategy would be
>perceived.
> In a reflection of what has long been a hallmark of Mr. Rove's
>tough political style, the administration is also working to shift
>the blame away from the White House and toward officials of New
>Orleans and Louisiana who, as it happens, are Democrats.