White House again times Iraq policy to U.S. elections; CBS' Couric and Axelrod show little interest, despite surge of troop deaths
October 25, 2006 2:47 pm ET
SUMMARY: CBS'
Jim Axelrod reported that a White
House official told him,
"[D]o not expect
to see anything significant prior to Election
Day" "as far as a significant
change" in the Bush administration's Iraq policy and then quoted the
official as saying: "You're
not going to see anything before November 8th. It would be political suicide,
and Karl Rove would never allow it." Axelrod and anchor Katie Couric failed to
point out that, as of
October 25, the death toll for U.S.
soldiers in Iraq stood at 91
for the month, which sets a pace that
would make October the
deadliest month for U.S.
troops in two years.
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