George Bush is so unpopular that he can only go to a few places in a few states and even then has to speak to selected and pre-screened crowds. Yet he went, probably at Karl Rove's direction. That seemed simple enough, what difference could it possibly make, who would really hear him, anyway, and so on. BUT the media picked up all his punch lines, played them again and again, led off most news segments with Bush draped over a lecturn, telling the nation that the Republicans would win, that everything was OK, there was no problem, and hurling insults at the Democrats and anyone else.
This smacks of more than just the Bully Pulpit, this seems to point to some type of payoff. Maybe not. Maybe it is just the media at its worst, but it has already swung the polls toward the Republicans. Enough? We'll find out Tuesday. Maybe it is just more of Rove's magic.
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