Rove's campaign in disarray - "The duck is paddling madly"

[Iceburg]

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/10/31/Decision2004/Bush__Nothing_for_gra.shtml
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. - On election eve four years ago, Karl Rove was so sure George W. Bush would win that he strutted through the campaign headquarters saying the Texas governor had locked up 320 electoral votes, 50 more than necessary.

This time, President Bush's chief political adviser is more circumspect. He is confident of victory, but says his doubts creep up in the middle of the night, "particularly about 3:30 in the morning."

Two days before the election, with polls showing a dead heat in key states, the Bush campaign looks like the proverbial duck: calm above the surface, paddling like mad underneath.
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The duck is paddling madly.

The campaign normally spends about a week planning each event. But lately the rallies have been put together in just a few days. Some are a bit sloppy, like one Friday in Manchester, N.H., where Bush's personal reflections on terrorism were marred by a premature confetti drop. Others, like one in Columbus, Ohio, with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, went off like clockwork.

Bush has found some of his largest crowds in the smallest towns. (My comment: now that's spin ...tail spin!!!)

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