Bush’s lame-duck advantage
Christian Science Monitor
by Daniel Schorr
04/27/07
As his term winds down in disarray, President Bush enjoys what could be called the lame-duck advantage: He doesn’t have to worry about losing at the polls. He has devoted little attention after the Virginia Tech massacre to issues such as campus safety and gun control, except to reiterate support for gun ownership. He has left it to the Democrats to take on the gun problems that usually divide Congress. Senate majority leader Harry Reid says, ‘I hope there’s not a rush to do anything. We need to take a deep breath.’ Earlier in his administration, Mr. Bush might have by now accepted the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a liability for the administration. But these days, Bush is playing the ‘loyalty card’ all the way. After Mr. Gonzales’s disastrous appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, Bush said he has more confidence than ever in his beleaguered attorney general...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0427/p09s02-cods.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Harry+Reid
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gonzales
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Daniel+Schorr
by Daniel Schorr
04/27/07
As his term winds down in disarray, President Bush enjoys what could be called the lame-duck advantage: He doesn’t have to worry about losing at the polls. He has devoted little attention after the Virginia Tech massacre to issues such as campus safety and gun control, except to reiterate support for gun ownership. He has left it to the Democrats to take on the gun problems that usually divide Congress. Senate majority leader Harry Reid says, ‘I hope there’s not a rush to do anything. We need to take a deep breath.’ Earlier in his administration, Mr. Bush might have by now accepted the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a liability for the administration. But these days, Bush is playing the ‘loyalty card’ all the way. After Mr. Gonzales’s disastrous appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, Bush said he has more confidence than ever in his beleaguered attorney general...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0427/p09s02-cods.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Harry+Reid
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gonzales
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Daniel+Schorr
rudkla - 30. Apr, 16:05
