Subject: RE: "Iraq Recession"
From: "Begala, Paul" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked], "Anna Greenberg" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "susan" <[email-masked]>, "John Podesta" <[email-masked]>, "Tara McGuinness" <[email-masked]>, "Stan Greenberg" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:19:39 -0500

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?)

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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:

	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.