The basis for these charges arise from a convocation address the President gave at Carlton College in 1999.

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Mr. STEPHEN SCHEER (Political Scientist, Carlton College): Iraq gets in the President's way of making traction with other issues.

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The President went to Minnesota where there's a race for Senate and for Governor this year, but political scientist Stephen Scheer(ph) of Carlton College says the breaking news about the rising cost of the Iraq War distracts from what the President traveled to the state to talk about.

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