John Aravosis at AmericaBlog calls this story a "gift from God." An issue that reverse the polarity of just which party is "tough on terror," or better for our security. He may be right. Let's hope that the Democrats sieze the issue.
Notice that while Bush is cutting funding down, that the story is spun as making smaller cuts than expected.
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Bush to make smaller security fund cuts
The Bush administration will cut counterterrorism money for police, firefighters and rescue departments next year, but not by as much as it originally proposed.
Next month the White House will request $2.2 billion to help states and cities protect against terrorist attacks in 2009, and not $1.4 billion, an administration aide told Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., on Friday. That would be 10 percent more than the president requested for 2008, but 40 percent less than Congress gave the department this year. . .
Read more at: Yahoo! News
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