Jubilation at the White House
From CNN’s Inside Politics:
JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: John, what are they saying at the White House about what the governor [Howard Dean] did with the money?JOHN KING, CNN SR. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Go, Howard, go, is the refrain of top Bush political aides, Judy. Let’s be clear. They’re not sure this will be all that significant three, four, five, six months from now.
But they think, right now, the success of Howard Dean will force the Democratic field a little bit to the left. Governor Dean is a liberal. He is from the Northeast. The Bush camp believes he cannot win a general election because of that. We’ll see how Howard Dean does over time. But they think now you will have more fighting over fund-raising, more time spent by the other candidates raising money, more of the candidates perhaps moving a bit to the left to take on Howard Dean on the issues.
Again, they’re not sure that, months from now, this will be all that significant. But, right now, they think it means a more heated, a more contested Democratic primary. And most Bush political aides think, the more the Democrats fight, the better it is for the president.
PoliPundit, yesterday:
Go, Dean, Go!
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