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The problem I see is that the image of Ashcroft the "heroic internal dissenter" is more known to Washington insiders, but to the public at large, he's still seen as a key player in the Bush administration. The Democrats will have an endless number of photos and videos that they could use tying Ashcroft to Bush, and I think this is one of those cases in which impressions would prove more potent than reality.