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A Time Magazine article on the presidential election contains a revealing inside look at the dynamics of the campaign.

[T]he war rooms of the two campaigns are organizing to quickly seize any opportunity for attack. On the first floor of the brick-and-glass office building where Bush forces are housed in Arlington, Va., a bank of TiVos captures Kerry’s every word. A team arrives at 4:30 a.m. to sift through the papers and prepare responses before the sun rises. When Kerry unleashes even the mildest broadside, the young staff members go almost giddy, and a call issues: “Attack!” Comments from Kerry in the morning papers are incorporated into Bush’s noon speeches.

Wouldn’t it be easier to just debate? Oh, that’s right; Kerry suggested the same thing already.

The Time article also contains this stunning revelation:

[E]mployees at the Department of Homeland Security have been asked to keep their eyes open for opportunities to pose the President in settings that might highlight the Administration’s efforts to make the nation safer. The goal, they are being told, is to provide Bush with one homeland-security photo-op a month.

As Ezra Klein writes,

It’s one thing to use 9/11 in an ad or talk about your role in keeping the country safe; it’s a wholly different beast to direct a busy agency that isn’t yet fulfilling its mandate to divert resources to helping you campaign. It’s disgusting.

(Seen at AntiPixel: Dept. of Homeland Photo Ops)