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*PING!*

Phyllis Schafly ahs it 100% RIGHT!

That evening, the Bush administration sent in its big guns, Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., to insist that RNC members support the guest worker plan or else they would be labeled disloyal and disrespectful of President Bush. Republican Party chairman Ken Mehlman made the rounds to regional caucuses to demand approval of Bush's guest worker plan and defeat of the Pullen resolution.

"Ahead Sell-Out Factor 10, Mr. Chertoff!"

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Thanks for ping. It seems from the beginning that Bush wanted to increase his base by positions appealing to Mexican and Jewish voters. His calculus appears to be that these would be additions to his base and the base he started with would have no where to go. Riding these twin horses was a winning strategy in 2004. I don't see any future GOP candidate shooting either of these horses.