March 22, 9:14 p.m.: The incredible sinking presidency

The president refuses to acknowledge that Iraq is like a weight around his neck.

By: Hank Kalet
   The indispensable Robert Scheer offers a take on the president’s recent unscripted appeals to the American public. Needless to say, Dubya has been handing out the same mishmash of lies, half-truths and innuendo that he has been dishing since the beginning. Read the Scheer column here at his also indispensable Web site.

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   David Corn and John Nichols also offer commentary on Tuesday’s press conference in The Nation, where William Grieder offers this take on a sinking presidency.

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   In tomorrow’s Dispatches, I comment on the Corzine budget address. Check out the paper.