Debating Whether He'll Debate. The Washington Post reports that President Bush may skip one of three planned debates with Senator John Kerry. The debate was to be in St. Louis. The Gallup Poll organization was to pick undecided voters to fill a town hall meeting format. The Bush camp fears Kerry supporters would pose as undecided to sneak in. No word on why Bush supporters might not try the same thing. (WashPost via MSNBC)
Them Texans Sure are Swift. “Texans for Truth” is the latest 527 group to launch an ad. It features veterans of the Alabama Air National Guard who can’t remember President Bush serving with them while he claims he was there in the early 1970s. (USA Today)
For the Record, We Found More Records. The Bush Administration has claimed for months that they’ve made all of the President’s National Guard records public. But the Pentagon has found more records that weren’t released. A Freedom of Information Act lawsuit uncovered the latest records. They show Bush ranked about average -- in the middle of his pilot class and that he logged 336 hours in jets. They also show he let his pilot status lapse and that he missed a key readiness drill in 1972. (USA Today)
Revolving Door. The line between 527 groups and actual presidential campaigns is getting harder to define. Campaign finance reform gurus are shocked, shocked I tell you, that political operatives are switching jobs easily between the two, effectively skirting the spirit of campaign reform. (NYT)
He Put His Heart into that Meal. Sure, being leader of the free world was cool, but the big dream was to open his own restaurant. Former President Bill Clinton is going to realize that at his Presidential Library in Little Rock. Café 42 will serve meatloaf and fried chicken and all the other down home delicacies that land you in the hospital for quadruple bypass before you’re 60. Looks like President Clinton will have to stick to the salad bar when it opens. He should be up and around by the time it opens in November. (USNews)
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