[Dead Corpse]

My point is there is absolutely no reason to think he is going to.

Overlooking of course statements made to that affect by one of his press secretaries and some commentary by the President himself as already stated earlier in this thread.

[William McKinley]

All of which said he would accept an extension of the status quo. None of which said or hinted or intimated that he was going to "strenuously push" for a "much more restrictive" AWB.