For the first time, there was a comprehensive analysis of this bill by Mitch McConnell on another thread. From his analysis the bill is every bit as bad as advertised. However there was a Liberal publication that was screaming about the bill for the exact opposite reasons given by Mitch
The liberal analysis . Bush should but will not veto it. He still has my support and as someone else said, "the book is still being written on Bush". I will make my decision about him when the book is in. I also saw McConnell on Cspan today, I think it was a re-run with his legal team and he was pressed to criticize Bush and he said absolutely not. He just said if Bush signs then it will be in court the next day. Let the process work.
I'm not really mad anymore, just disappointed, that he's chosen to take this route with CFR, especially seeing the George Will interview this morning in which he says point-blank that he'll veto Shays-Meehan. What's got me PO'd right now is that he's making light of the fact he's alienating many of those who helped put him where he is today. It smacks of the kind of juvenile, unthinking attitude his critics have accused him of since the beginning, and it will only make things worse.
As I've said, the last thing I want is another Democrat in the White House. On the other hand, Bush seems to be doing everything in his power to annoy the die-hard conservatives that stood for him. Pushing that strategy far enough will only result in the exact opposite of what he hopes to achieve.