An interesting event occurred this morning during President Bush’s hour-long news conference, suggesting that people are listening and make up their minds.

At the fitness facility where I work out, the televisions are always on. Very few listen. For as long as I can recall, the TV’s shows are blaring forth, MSNBC, Today, CNN Today, etc., but the attention spans of the scores of people working out is elsewhere. This morning was different.

I walked in one room during my workout and everyone in the room was stopped, heads turned to the TV and they were intently listening to what President Bush had to say. The fact that every morning of the year, no one is concerned with the television and this morning everyone in the room was focusing and paying attention suggests that something is going on. At first, I thought perhaps President Bush was announcing significant news, or some out of the ordinary event had occurred, but no, this was a seemingly routine news conference.

About 15 minutes into the news conference, the reporters seemed to be stepping up their aggressions towards Bush, judging from their tone and manner of asking the question. Bush appeared to meeting their aggressive questioning with responses in kind. Someone in the audience, in the room I was in, yelled out, "Give ‘em hell, George."

Now, admittedly, Dallas is Bush country, and particularly so in the typical North Dallas private fitness center. But for people to be listening to a Presidential news conference, and listening intently, and even yelling out to the TV in this manner, indicates that there is something going on. Maybe, just maybe, minds are being made up. Maybe, just maybe, lines are forming. I do not know, but I do know that I’ve not seen this group reaction to a George Bush press conference or speech in a very long time, say since 9-11.

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