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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  BACKGROUND MEETING: BUSH SAYS KERRY WILL BE TOUGH OPPONENT Wed Mar 03 2004 10:29:40 ET President Bush said privately Tuesday that he believes Sen. John Kerry will be a "tough and hard-charging opponent," but said he feels he is starting the general election from a stronger position than he did in 2000, Mike Allen reports in fresh runs of the WASHINGTON POST. MORE Bush's views "emerged from an unusual 80-minute session in the Oval Office with five network correspondents who agreed that his comments would not be directly quoted or attributed to him." Word of the meeting "got around before it was over. Several people provided accounts of it to the WASHINGTON POST but spoke only on the condition of anonymity because, in the view of the White House and by the agreement of the networks, the conversation never officially occurred." NBC correspondent David Gregory "dropped a hint on NBC NIGHTLY NEWS, saying that 'the president has told people he believes tonight's Super Tuesday results mark the real beginning of the general election. Feeling that his conservative base is secure, Mr. Bush is now studying Kerry's positions and preparing to target the senator's record." the POST adds, "Another sign of the administration's engagement in the campaign yesterday was Vice President Cheney giving interviews to three cable networks. The Bush-Cheney campaign will begin its paid ads tomorrow." The Oval Office session "was designed to show Bush as eager to campaign and fight back against Kerry, and to portray the president as engaged in the issues of the day. "The meeting was supposed to run just half an hour, and Bush seemed to enjoy showing that he could handle whatever topics were fired at him, according to the accounts," reports Allen. Developing... |
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