Terri
12-25-2003, 12:25 AM
The '04 Dems weigh in on 'Code Orange'
Judy Woodruff
CNN
December 24, 2003
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As the nation adjusts to an "orange" Christmas, the '04 Democratic presidential candidates are issuing mixed responses to the Homeland Security Department's decision to raise the terror threat level from "elevated" to "high."
The varied responses signal that not all of the campaigns think that politicizing this issue during the holidays is the best strategy.
• General Wesley Clark is one candidate who did see an opening.
Clark argued on Monday's "Inside Politics" that the continued intelligence about threats was a result of the Bush Administration's preoccupation with Iraq. He said the heightened alert status is a sign that "we've been putting our resources into the wrong area."
More (http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/24/judy.desk.dems.alert /)
Judy Woodruff
CNN
December 24, 2003
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As the nation adjusts to an "orange" Christmas, the '04 Democratic presidential candidates are issuing mixed responses to the Homeland Security Department's decision to raise the terror threat level from "elevated" to "high."
The varied responses signal that not all of the campaigns think that politicizing this issue during the holidays is the best strategy.
• General Wesley Clark is one candidate who did see an opening.
Clark argued on Monday's "Inside Politics" that the continued intelligence about threats was a result of the Bush Administration's preoccupation with Iraq. He said the heightened alert status is a sign that "we've been putting our resources into the wrong area."
More (http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/24/judy.desk.dems.alert /)