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...Midland, Texas, this month thought they were there to buck up their old friend; instead, they found him relaxed and unperturbed. "The President believes he's serving at this time for a reason--that his instincts, experience and convictions are suited for big challenges," says Austin-based strategist Mark McKinnon. Or as Bush has put it, the job is "to make a difference, not to mark time...
...says a former Administration official. Besides, members of the A team were on vacation: chief of staff Andy Card was in Maine; Dick Cheney was in Wyoming; even Condoleezza Rice was out of town, shoe-shopping in Manhattan. Many of Bush's best p.r. minds, including media adviser Mark McKinnon, were in Greece at the wedding of White House communications director Nicolle Devenish. Had they been around, perhaps Bush would not have been accompanied only by his dog Barney when he returned from vacation in Crawford...
...last week when he addressed National Guard troops in Idaho. As for the president himself, Bush is hyperresolute about the situation in Iraq according to advisers. "One of the things that's real consistent about this President is that he doesn't spook," says Bush's media advisor Mark McKinnon...
...That's ridiculous," Ditka said. "Just the other day I told him on the sidelines, 'Shut up.' " But when the Rams game fell on a blowy day at Soldier Field, Ditka trusted McMahon to come out throwing to his breezy receivers like Willie Gault, the track star, and Dennis McKinnon, the football player. On the other hand, when Ditka dispatched a draw play in the third quarter, McMahon snorted and whipped a touch down pass to Gault. Los Angeles Coach John Robinson said he "played like a great quarterback today. He had presence and command." Now, there's a slogan...
...White House finds itself in a familiar place: Stick to the script, stay on message, wax confident that things will look up. It worked during the 2004 campaign. "The one thing that's real consistent about this president is that he doesn't spook," says Mark McKinnon who made Bush's presidential campaign ads. "We always knew this would be a tough fight." Indeed, many in the White House see a potential victory in defeat. Even if the Social Security plan doesn't pass, they predict Bush will have been seen as having taken on the tough issues and Americans...