On Apr 2, 2007, at 8:57 AM, Charles Brown wrote:
> CB: I've been trying to think through whether this perhaps qualitative
> change in the form of the campaign might impact any federal government
> actions. The candidates may become sort of shadow presidents. I
> know the
> Dems ain't s. , but won't the candidates have to try to think of some
> criticisms of Bush's policies and raise them publically for a
> longer period
> of time ?
Good question, and I haven't seen any of the pundits speculating on this. You'd guess that Bush will be an unusually lame duck in 2008. Though with Obama saying the Dems "aren't going to play chicken with the troops," you gotta wonder what the wankers will do with it.
Doug