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By David Knowles - Politics DailyWe're now just three weeks away from George W. Bush's last day in office, and the sparing over his legacy has heated up a few degrees. In separate interviews with Vanity Fair magazine, former Bush aides Matthew Dowd and Dan Bartlett concur about the "tipping point" responsible for turning the American public against their former boss. The event? Hurricane Katrina and the Bush government's ham-fisted response. Here's Dowd:"The president broke his bond with the public. Once that bond was broken, he no longer had the capacity to talk to the American public. State of the Union addresses? It didn't ...
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By David Knowles - Politics DailyDan Bartlett, President Bush's recently retired counsel and propagandist, is feeling liberated. No longer bound by the decorum and constraints of etiquette that his former job demanded, Mr. Bartlett is dishing dirt about the current crop of Republicans seeking to take over residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Of course, one should always take what Bartlett, or any other former presidential spokesperson, has to say with an ample handful of salt. Still, his observations don't seem that far off. Powered by AOL Video ...
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