President works to defend his legacy

Sydney Morning Herald by Sheryl Stolberg | Jan. 11, 2009 (News Report)

The countdown clocks that George Bush's chief of staff distributed 990 days ago are still ticking. His advisers tallied their remaining time last week and calculated fewer than 300 hours to go.

Cardboard cartons are stacked in the West Wing as files are carefully catalogued for the archives. By Friday, the last official work day of the Bush White House, all but the most senior officials will have turned in their government-issued BlackBerrys and ... Full Story »

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3.5
 by Mark Monday - Jan. 12, 2009

Any story must keep the reader intrested from headline and opening paragraph to the last sentence. If it does not do that, the reader loses interest and goes elsewhere. Nice pacing and good visualization help keep the reader intrested in this piece that originally appeared in the New York Times. I'm not certain I would consider this an outside-the-beltway story. It is something of a puff-piece, but is quite readable if a little lacking in balance.

The editors' decision to hide the real source of this story is somewhat disturbing. It wasn't generated by an Australian journalist but appeared in the Gray -- or it Grey -- Lady.

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