May 24
With President Bush about to go on TV (but live only on cable) - the first of what is supposed to be a series of regular speeches - to explain exactly how the handover of power in Iraq is supposed to work, the latest CNN poll doesn't make pleasant reading for the White House, with his approval numbers virtually unchanged from the record low two weeks ago.
Cold comfort for the Bush-Cheney campaign team is that John Kerry - still - hasn't been able to capitalise on the President's discomfort, and remains mired in the balance of a polarised nation; especially when Ralph Nader is factored into the mix.
According to the AP, "...Nader said he had advised John Kerry to choose North Carolina Senator John Edwards or Missouri Representative Dick Gephardt as his running mate."
Meanwhile, Kerry' idea not to accept the party nomination at the convention in August, so as not to give Bush a month's headstart on national campaign spending hasn't gone down at all well with everyone in the party.
And according to the Boston Globe, the GOP is gearing up to counter any advantage the Democrats might wind up with as a result of any delayed acceptance.
Talking of the conventions, there's a story that President Bush might not get things all his own way at the Republican party convention in New York in September. A certain resident of New Jersey may be planning to rain on the parade...
According to the New York Daily News: "Democratic operatives are buzzing that the Boss has been talking about staging a free concert somewhere on Sept. 2, when President Bush is due to address the Republican National Convention.
Besides getting out the vote, Springsteen hopes to provide "counterprogramming to the message the Republicans will be broadcasting," says a source. A spokeswoman for Springsteen would only say, "There are no confirmed Bruce shows for 2004."
In other politico-showbiz-related news, Time reports that with the adulation heaped upon Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 at the Cannes film festival, the filmmaker "could have been nominated, and elected, President for Life."
Time goes on: "The fact is that Cannes’ prizes, and the declarations made during the ceremony, have little impact on the mass of US moviegoers, let alone on the supporters of an incumbent President. Moore acknowledges this when he was asked what the effect of the Palme d’Or might be on Bush. The winner’s reply: 'He won’t know it exists.'"
Elsewhere, cartoonist Garry Trudeau, creator of the "Doonesbury" strip, is planning to use his May 30th strip to list the names of the 702 US service personnel killed in Iraq.
With President Bush about to go on TV (but live only on cable) - the first of what is supposed to be a series of regular speeches - to explain exactly how the handover of power in Iraq is supposed to work, the latest CNN poll doesn't make pleasant reading for the White House, with his approval numbers virtually unchanged from the record low two weeks ago.
Cold comfort for the Bush-Cheney campaign team is that John Kerry - still - hasn't been able to capitalise on the President's discomfort, and remains mired in the balance of a polarised nation; especially when Ralph Nader is factored into the mix.
According to the AP, "...Nader said he had advised John Kerry to choose North Carolina Senator John Edwards or Missouri Representative Dick Gephardt as his running mate."
Meanwhile, Kerry' idea not to accept the party nomination at the convention in August, so as not to give Bush a month's headstart on national campaign spending hasn't gone down at all well with everyone in the party.
And according to the Boston Globe, the GOP is gearing up to counter any advantage the Democrats might wind up with as a result of any delayed acceptance.
Talking of the conventions, there's a story that President Bush might not get things all his own way at the Republican party convention in New York in September. A certain resident of New Jersey may be planning to rain on the parade...
According to the New York Daily News: "Democratic operatives are buzzing that the Boss has been talking about staging a free concert somewhere on Sept. 2, when President Bush is due to address the Republican National Convention.
Besides getting out the vote, Springsteen hopes to provide "counterprogramming to the message the Republicans will be broadcasting," says a source. A spokeswoman for Springsteen would only say, "There are no confirmed Bruce shows for 2004."
In other politico-showbiz-related news, Time reports that with the adulation heaped upon Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 at the Cannes film festival, the filmmaker "could have been nominated, and elected, President for Life."
Time goes on: "The fact is that Cannes’ prizes, and the declarations made during the ceremony, have little impact on the mass of US moviegoers, let alone on the supporters of an incumbent President. Moore acknowledges this when he was asked what the effect of the Palme d’Or might be on Bush. The winner’s reply: 'He won’t know it exists.'"
Elsewhere, cartoonist Garry Trudeau, creator of the "Doonesbury" strip, is planning to use his May 30th strip to list the names of the 702 US service personnel killed in Iraq.
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