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Bush cuts deal by leaving Daschle out
Washington Times ^ | 10/03/02 | Dave Boyer

Posted on 10/02/2002 11:45:20 PM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:57:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The White House engaged in a divide-and-conquer strategy with congressional Democrats that isolated Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and won support for a resolution authorizing military force against Iraq.

The plan resulted in President Bush being surrounded in the Rose Garden yesterday by prominent Democrats who pledged support for the resolution. Mr. Daschle, meanwhile, was left to issue a one-page statement at the Capitol saying he expected the Senate to give Mr. Bush his way.


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To: goldstategop
Looks like Gephardt wants to change his prefix form "litle" to "swingin"
21 posted on 10/03/2002 5:53:10 AM PDT by john316
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To: KeyWest
Bush is continually underestimated.

Remember when President Bush signed the CFR bill. No big Rose Garden signing. He did it at night and sent McCain the pen he used through the regular mail.

22 posted on 10/03/2002 5:55:31 AM PDT by barker
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To: Jeff Chandler
To hear the complaints of others about "compassionate conservative", you'd think Bush was some dumb RINO.

Think of it this way:
"Compassionate conservativism" is a way of picking the spots, finding where the Left is weakest, and then exploiting the weaknesses with hardball politics.
23 posted on 10/03/2002 5:59:15 AM PDT by hchutch
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To: dennisw
I think tiny tot Tommy's head will explode if the Dems lose the Senate.

I doubt that.

An explosion is a sudden release of energy.

The twit has amply demonstrated that his head contains no energy.

24 posted on 10/03/2002 6:30:12 AM PDT by Yankee
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25 posted on 10/03/2002 6:30:40 AM PDT by Mo1
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