Things are heating up back at the Texas ranch

[dooner]

White House Letter: Things are heating up back at the Texas ranch
By Elisabeth Bumiller MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2005

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Bush is scheduled to travel to New Mexico on Monday, meet with his economic advisers and hold a news conference at the ranch on Tuesday, travel to Illinois on Wednesday, meet with his foreign policy team and hold another news conference back at the ranch on Thursday, go to a Republican fund-raising lunch at a neighboring ranch on Friday and attend a Little League championship game in Waco, Texas, on Saturday.

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At some point this summer, Hagin will switch off with Rove, who has testified to a grand jury in the leak investigation and who in the past has not done long stretches of ranch time. But when Rove was elevated to White House deputy chief of staff after Bush's re-election, the promotion came with summer Crawford duty.

Stephen Hadley, the national security adviser, will split his ranch duty with his deputy, J.D. Crouch. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who was freed from ranch duty when she moved on from national security adviser, will visit anyway, first for the foreign policy meeting next week, then for more of a social visit later in the month.

Card does not do ranch duty, although he is expected briefly for the economic meeting on Tuesday, as are Josh Bolten, the White House budget director, and Treasury Secretary John Snow. If the past is any guide, the men will meet with Bush, stand at his side during a news conference under a blistering sun, and then race for the airport.


http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/07/news/letter.php

[LibDemAlways]

1. "News conference on Tuesday"

Is there a reporter brave enough to ask the chimp when he's going to find the time between fund raisers and little league games to meet with Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a dead US soldier?

[anarchy1999]

2. Well now, this could shape up to be just a real interesting week of fun

in crawford or several.

[SwimmerFilms]

3. what time Tuesday?

that's when I'm going...

[SwimmerFilms]

4. Tribute video

I just pulled this stuff from the web

http://homepage.mac.com/godofkarma/swimmerfilms/iMovieTheater74.html

[Kraklen]

5. I've been out for the weekend...

... and haven't been keeping up with this story.

How many people are there and how many people are they busing in?

[dooner]

8. I don't have a sense of numbers

I don't think there are very many people there with Cindy right now..
maybe 50? It seems that many will be joining daily, with more towards next weekend.. but I haven't heard anybody give any numbers.

The Iconoclast is posting regular updates, and dailykos has some also.

[Lannes]

6. If Cindy Sheehan is arrested

Even money he wont be anywhere near the ranch at the time.

[xxqqqzme]

7. meanwhile....back at the ranch....

R there ANY animals @ the pig farm, other than chimpo & the dogs?