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I hadn't thought about this aspect of the bush counterattack Washington Post:

Last week President Bush used Kerry's name in a fundraising speech in California. That may seem innocuous to the untrained ear, but in his latest White House Notebook, Dana Milbank noted: "It was by far the earliest time an incumbent president has invoked the name of his opponent . . . . This is not a mere matter of calendar trivia. It is a sign that Bush has been put on the defensive and forced to join the political fray, long before he wanted to do."