“President Bush’s advisers have drafted a re-election strategy built around staging the latest nominating convention in the party’s history, allowing Mr. Bush to begin his formal campaign near the third anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and to enhance his fund-raising advantage, Republicans close to the White House say.” NY Times If this man’s insidious handlers succeed in co-opting the memory of the WTC victims for their purposes, it will rank as one of the most heartless maneuvers in the sordid history of American gutter politics. But will its hearlessness be matched by the Democrats’ gutlessness in failing to respond effectively?