Maybe May Be Our Best Hope

Over at Burst Transmission there is an interesting conversation about what reality is.

Maybe that is what is going on in the Bush administration as they do their darndest to re-shape reality as we see on Talking Points Memo where Josh Marshall reveals that…

On Good Morning America, President Bush pushes the idea of a pre-election or an election day terrorist attack: "I am worried about it and we should be worried about it. On the other hand, I don't want people to say, that he knows something I don't know and therefore, something is imminent."

My guess is that is a cover for the LATEST disastrous incompetence of the administrations in not securing and losing in Iraq 380 tons of the most powerful non-nuclear explosives on the planet (seems oil was more important, but wasn’t the war about weapons?)

Maybe that’s why over at White House Briefing they are beginning to see the end (hopefully?)

At the same time, there are some signs that the grim realities on the ground -- in Iraq, in a slew of last-minute newspaper stories, and in battleground states -- may finally be grinding down the Bush campaign's optimism.

In the Gibson interview, Bush said he's not thinking about losing.

"I'm not there yet," he said.

But what does he mean, "yet"? Was it just an innocent slip, or a glimpse into his private thinking?

"That's not me," he said. "I believe we're going to win and I'm campaigning as if we are going to win."

As if?

Maybe that is why Rasmussen Reports that their...

Presidential Tracking Poll shows Senator John Kerry with 48% of the vote and President George W. Bush with 46%.

This is the first time Senator Kerry has held the lead since August 23. The 48.4% for Kerry is the Senator's highest total since August 17.