[Amelia]

The Bush administration has approved the first federally funded project using stem cells obtained from fetuses aborted up to eight weeks after conception... Bush could have stopped this if he wanted to.

Yes, I read it. It says "the Bush administration", not "President Bush". Could it be that the first line reflects bias from the author? I also read this part, in later paragraphs:

On May 20, the NIH awarded the first funds for research on stem cells from fetuses to the team of stem cell pioneer John Gearhart at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine....

[snip]

In another rare step for a relatively small grant application, NIH officials notified the White House staff when Gearhart's proposal was approved, said administration spokesman Scott McClellan.

The approval "was based on long-standing law and guidelines," McClellan said.

It doesn't sound to me as if the President had anything to do with it, other than being notified after the grant had been approved.

You know and I know that any agency in government is now called "the Bush administration", whether or not the President has any actual control over it or not.

[rdf]

It doesn't sound to me as if the President had anything to do with it, other than being notified after the grant had been approved.

You could very well be right. No one knows until the law and regulations have been set out.

Why all the rush to judgment?

Cheers,

Richard F.

[Satadru]

Are you saying that the President has no control over his cabinet? Geez. I dont know what is a more damning statement: Bush is not pro-life, or Bush has no control over his administration.

[carenot]

You know and I know that any agency in government is now called "the Bush administration", whether or not the President has any actual control over it or not.

If this is true, why bother to vote?