Word: hugheses
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For a president who loves the game and knew this was his last campaign, Bush sounded on Tuesday morning like a man at peace. "This election is in the hands of the people," he said after he voted, "and I feel very comfortable with that." He was host of a...
This could be a problem," said Hughes, watching the first debate from a black-curtained boiler room backstage. It was hardly the knockout punch the Bush team had hoped for. Instead, as the debate unfolded, Bush looked more and more ... well, undone. With each smirk and scowl and shake of...
That was the last thing the Bush team had expected. Instead of employing his legendary charm to put the White House out of Kerry's reach, the opposite occurred. Bush was alienating a huge proportion of the audience with his manner. Spinning reporters afterward, Rove insisted that the President had...
For days the question lingered, Why had Bush bombed? The President had prepared carefully, listening to audiotapes of Kerry's most pointed attacks on the Administration. Everyone--Rove, Hughes, even Laura Bush--had a pet theory. Was Bush tired from visiting hurricane victims? Had he been so blinded by Kerry...
During the practice for the second debate, Bush aides showed the President tapes of his performance to punctuate the power of his peevishness. They also worked on parrying Kerry's thrusts. "You can't respond to each attack or you'd look defensive, so we worked on picking one, refuting...