This just in from the
NYTimes online.
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White House press secretary Scott McClellan said the Bush administration was asking television outlets to broadcast the speech live across the country. Bush's spokesman would not identify the president's choice.
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Who will it be? Edith Clements? Edith Jones? A blank slate or known ideologue?
Laura has spoken and she wants a woman. Think Bush will listen?
p.s. Note timing of announcement: not only prime time, but in the middle of the "Rovegate" brouhaha. Can you say distraction?