Do my eyes deceive me? A sitting president (who can't string a coherent sentence together) will subject himself to the likes of Russert? Is someone panicking over poll #s?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4186592/As the Democratic presidential race enters its closing phase, the party finds itself facing prospects for the fall election that are vastly improved from just two months ago. At the same time, for reasons that are partly related and partly coincidence, President Bush is weaker than his strategists expected, spreading alarm in the White House and Republican circles, GOP sources said.
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The dramatic turn of fortunes prompted an equally dramatic response. In South Carolina yesterday, Bush offered a comprehensive defense of the invasion of Iraq and vowed he would make the same decision today. And the president, who grants far fewer interviews than most of his predecessors, suddenly agreed to an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.