The Question No Reporter Dares Ask

Racicot, Mehlman, Eskew, Dyke, Bartlett:

We’ve always said it was going to be a close race.

Reporter With Balls:

Why is that, Mark, Tucker, Jim? President Bush had a ninety percent approval rating just a year and a half ago and you say the country still favors his policies. The president can’t think of any decisions he might have made differently. Yet, today he is fighting for his political life. What happened? Why did the president fall so far in the polls and why is he having such a hard time putting this one away?