Upon Further Review
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The latest from the Political Grapevine:
Upon Further Review
A front-page Washington Post story on the Senate testimony of chief Weapons Inspector Charles Duelfer this week has a headline saying, "U.S. 'Almost All Wrong' on Weapons." And the story, by Post reporters Dana Priest and Walter Pincus, quoted Duelfer as telling a Senate panel, "We were almost all wrong' on Iraq."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}But Duelfer never said that.
The Post has now published a correction, with the explanation — if it can be called that — that former weapons inspector David Kay did use those words in Senate testimony last January.
The paper offered no explanation of how Kay's eight month-old quote ended up in Charles Duelfer's mouth.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}E-mails Having Effect?
Those bogus e-mails warning of a pending military draft by the Bush Administration — long ago exposed as false — have apparently still had an effect.
A new poll by the Annenberg Public Policy Center shows a majority of 18- to 29-year-olds believe President Bush supports reinstating the draft.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}President Bush has repeatedly said he opposes such a move, insisting the U.S., "will not have a draft so long as I am president."
Only a quarter of 18- to 29-year-olds correctly stated that neither President Bush nor rival John Kerry support a new draft.
Schwarzenegger Run?
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Speaking of polls, a new one in California shows Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is wildly popular, with a 65 percent approval rating. However, Californians apparently aren't so wild about Schwarzenegger running for a higher office.
The poll, conducted by Field Research, shows the vast majority of Californians — Democrats and Republicans alike — oppose a constitutional amendment to let foreign-born Americans run for president.
What's more, the majority of Californians say that if such an amendment were to pass, they'd oppose Schwarzenegger taking advantage of it.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Move On and Debate
MoveOn.org in a new mass e-mail says, "We're on a roll" now that John Edwards "wouldn't let [Vice President Cheney] get away with" misleading statements in Tuesday's debate.
The email says, "Edwards took him on with... the facts," insisting that "Cheney tried once again to link Al Qaeda and 9/11, [but] Edwards said, 'Mr. Vice President, you are still not being straight with the American people,' and explained that there was absolutely no connection."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Oops.
— FOX News' Michael Levine contributed to this report