Reply #8: Expect at least one interview with Don Evans... [View All]

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

...and this is what he had to say on January 11th:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/11/elec04.prez.bush.economy/index.html

Sample quote:

"The tax relief the president has given to this economy is working," Commerce Secretary Don Evans told CNN's "Late Edition." "On three separate occasions over the last three years, he's provided additional tax relief for American workers, American families, businesses across America, and guess what? It's working. The results are showing that it's working."

...and this was directly on the heels of the "1000 Jobs" report.

John Snow will be the other one to watch. A quote from the same article:

"However, Treasury Secretary John Snow predicted that hiring will pick up in 2004.

"All the evidence points in that direction," Snow told ABC's "This Week." "And everything we know about economics indicates that, as you get an economy into high gear, as you get a strong recovery under way, it does translate into jobs."

That 180,000 number...regardless of the facts behind it and the offset of jobs lost...will be presented as Snow's "evidence."

Both gentlemen could save themselves some time in the week ahead by simply cutting and pasting from the CNN article...just like I did.