Subject: RE: "Iraq Recession"
From: "Anna Greenberg" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked], "Begala, Paul" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "susan" <[email-masked]>, "John Podesta" <[email-masked]>, "Tara McGuinness" <[email-masked]>, "Stan Greenberg" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:51:52 -0500

The funny thing is, it was always an economic issue...remember the 87
billion dollars.  Invoking spending priorities as always been the
strongest attack on the war in Iraq.

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From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]] On Behalf Of Tom
Matzzie
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:49 AM
To: Begala, Paul
Cc: Anna Greenberg; susan; John Podesta; Tara McGuinness; Stan Greenberg
Subject: Re: "Iraq Recession"

not one of my favorite people but interesting that he could go there.

Joe Klein in Time this week: "Is it worth spending $9 billion a month
to referee the eternal Mesopotamian ethnic differences while the US
lapses into a second world debtor economy, unable to invest in health
care, education and high-tech infrastructure? ... the war in Iraq is
about to become an economic issue."

On Jan 22, 2008 2:19 PM, Begala, Paul <[email-masked]> wrote:
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>
> I think I'm closer to Anna's gut instinct on this.  I think folks
believe
> Washington and Wall Street screwed up the housing market, which is
causing
> the recession.  Folks are mad at the blood and treasure expended in
Iraq,
> but (granted, without research) I don't think they'll see Iraq as the
cause
> of the Bush Recession.  (Maybe we call it a Republican Recession?)
>
>  ________________________________
>
> From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]] On Behalf Of Tom
> Matzzie
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:53 PM
> To: Anna Greenberg
> Cc: Begala, Paul; susan; John Podesta; Tara McGuinness; Stan Greenberg
> Subject: Re: "Iraq Recession"
>
>
>
> Yes, definitely test unless we're going to miss a framing moment for
the
> recession. I don't see anybody giving any meaning or definition to the
> economic turmoil we're seeing.
>
>
> On Jan 22, 2008 1:36 PM, Anna Greenberg < [email-masked]> wrote:
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> > I think we should test it, though I do think public awareness of the
role
> the subprime crisis is playing in our current economic situation is
probably
> high.  In other words, while people are unhappy about the money being
spent
> in Iraq, I'm not sure they will be believe it has a role in the
recession.
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
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> >
> > From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]] On Behalf Of
Tom
> Matzzie
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:31 PM
> > To: Begala, Paul; susan; John Podesta; Tara McGuinness; Stan
Greenberg;
> Anna Greenberg
> > Subject: "Iraq Recession"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hey Guys, Wes Boyd sent me a note with the idea of tagging the
recession
> with the label "Iraq Recession" since it is an easy way to connect the
> recession to Bush failures. Thoughts? I guess we could do "Bush
Recession"
> but that might seem too partisan. And, by saying "Iraq Recession" we
get to
> talk about all the money Bush is spending in Iraq--a key irritant to
the
> public.
>
>