I wonder when we'll see the first invitation of a blogger to a White House (or State Department, or Pentagon, etc.) press conference?

This year? Next year? Never?

So it's only official when Instapundit announces it. I had the news days ago, and I got it from somebody else.

Try to pass on a scoop and what do you get? :p

Yeah, that happens Alan. The longer you blog, the more often you'll see it. You just get used to it. ;-)

Dean's losing his memory!:)

What? Did you email this to me? Man I sure get a lot of email...

All you people are focusing on who get what message first. But the real message is that George W Bush, United States president, devoted 45 minutes of the time of the busiest man in the world, to talk with a group of private American citizens. No fakery, no set-ups, no big-time propaganda. Just a talk-and-listen session involving some people and their president.

I cannot be more proud to have worked for George Bush's election to the presidency four years ago, and a will repeat the effort on his behalf this year.

Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI

Arnold,

And, furthermore, the Democrats think they can beat this guy? ROFL!!!!

Four more years, indeed.

Democratic hatred for Bush is near a boiling point. This will drive up their turnout significantly. Can Republicans match it? How will independents react to the whole thing? Will the anger alienate them, or resonate with them?

Your confidence strikes me as interesting, Mark. Bush's poll numbers took a significant hit when David Kay admitted that we have been wrong since 1997 about WMDs in Iraq. While most people don't blame Bush, a significant plurality does--fairly or unfairly, they do. They also blame him for job losses, even though there's no rational basis for that. And trying to get them rational on it is clearly fruitless.

So it's going to be an angry election. It bugs me, but, I guess we've weathered worse.