Bush's Uncontrollable Spin Machine

Something on CNN's American Morning show today really bothered me. For the umpteenth time that I can remember, the White House Communications Director was stepping in to talk about foreign policy as it relates to the presidential campaign. Here are a couple problems with his appearances:

1) As a campaign issue, why the hell is the White House staff and not the campaign staff doing the Bush campaign spin work? Isn't there a degree of separation from the government paid staffers and the political hacks?

2) As a foreign policy matter, why is Bush sending his communications director to spar with a Kerry aide who happens to be a subject matter expert?

3) Doesn't sending a press guy to compete with a policy guy make it look like all Bush wants to do is spin his way out of an issue rather than take it on directly?

It's very troubling to me that the Bush campaign would rather deal in the art of communications rather than the science of policy when it comes to foreign affairs questions in this election season.