LEAKED NYT MON SPLASH: Can Bush save presidency?

[kpete]

Congressional Republicans worry Bush will put his legacy ahead of party goals

RAW STORY
Published: Sunday November 26, 2006

Can Bush save his presidency? paper of record asks

The New York Times will raise the question on the minds of all of Washingtons Republicans in a front page splash Monday, RAW STORY has learned, according to an advance copy.

"Senior Republican staff members in Congress have voiced the fear that Bush will now put his legacy over the party's immediate future, and take his cues from President Bill Clinton by "triangulating" when opportunity strikes -- that is, making deals with Democrats, over Republican objections, on immigration, health care or Social Security," Times reporter Jim Rutenberg writes.

"While the White House is trying to define their legacy, they'll try to triangulate us," said one senior Republican leadership aide who requested anonymity to speak candidly. "There is no sense of wanting to defend the Bush administration right now."

"Bush's rhetorical olive branch to Democrats has made conservatives nervous, prompting visions of a reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act that will increase spending or a new immigration system granting legal status, which many conservatives consider amnesty, to illegal immigrants," Rutenberg adds later in the piece. "One Democratic leadership aide, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Bush was "most animated" during a meeting with the incoming Democratic House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, when the subject of immigration came up."

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But there's a caveat, according to Rutenberg's Washington memo analysis: The White House will "dig in hard" when it comes to congressional efforts to probe Bush's national security programs. Vice President Dick Cheney has vowed to rebuild executive power, he notes, and is unlikely to cede ground over a single congressional election cycle.


more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/Can_Bush_Save_His_Presidency_1126.htm

[marmar]

1. Nope, this vessel is going the way of the Titanic and the Edmund Fitzgerald...

:nopity:

[Independent_Liberal]

12. You made me think of "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot

Good song.

[AndyTiedye]

21. Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Hindenberg

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

2. Here's the entire article

Here:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/26/news/memo.php

[Erika]

3. W is toast

Cheney is burnt toast crumbs. These two neocons have lost respect of all Americans but a few Bushbots.

[NJCher]

23. Cheney is in very severe denial

To even say anything like "one election cycle." Incredible. The man cannot read the writing on the wall. Isn't he still saying there are still "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq?




Cher

[More Than A Feeling]

4. Bush doesn't know how to triangulate

This is just congressional Republicans firing a shot across his bow to drive the point home anyway.

[aquart]

10. I agree. He sees compromise as sissy.

[freethought]

5. Shrub will do whatever keeps his ego inflated. The rest be damned!n/t

[CatWoman]

6. what presidency?

from the moment he came into office on the backs of stolen votes and disenfranchised voters, his tenure in the White House was set in stone.

this man does not govern, he mandates.

he does not lead, he cheerleads.

he does not talk to Americans, he browbeats them and calls them traitors for not going along with his delusions.

this was no where near a presidency. and it's high time people started expressing such.

[Road Scholar]

8. Well said, my friend. The truth. eom

[Bluestar]

13. Ha Ha Ha--The Bush "Lameacy"

[BrotherBuzz]

20. Word!

:thumbsup:

[ninkasi]

24. You're so right, CatWoman

He is unable to even understand the concept of reaching out to others. It's his way, or the highway. I hope his next two years are a nightmare for him.

[savemefromdumbya]

7. So Bush is applying for membership to the Democratic Party?

LOL he'll be just trotting across to Howard Dean tomorrow?

[aquart]

9. Not a thought to America's future, I note.

[MannyGoldstein]

11. The Rethugs Will Lead The Impeachment Procedings

I've been saying this for over a year. Mark my words.

[Independent_Liberal]

14. That's what I've been saying.

You and I think alike. Remember Nixon?

Here's the Analysis of the Impeachment Votes of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.

http://watergate.info/impeachment/impeachment-articles-analysis.shtml

The House Judiciary Committee carried three articles of impeachment. The 21 Democrats on the Committee all supported Articles 1 and 2. Walter Flowers and James Mann voted against Article 3.

Amongst the Republicans, 6 supported Article 1 and 6 supported Article 2, but only 5 members supported both. Only 2 members supported Article 3. Lawrence Hogan, from Maryland, was the only Republican to support all 3 Articles. Of the 17 Republicans on the Committee, 10 voted against all 3 Articles.

[Old and In the Way]

17. When the facts are on the table....they'll have to do the hard math.

Do they want to have a shot at being re-elected on their next cycle or do they want to go into the record books as supporting criminals before they flame out?

[MannyGoldstein]

22. Exactly

They'll want to get out from under this ASAP, to have time for '08. Plus they all hate Bush's guts anyway.

[bluestateguy]

15. I guess this means we'll get a minimum wage increase after all

These Republicans didn't really think that he actually cared about their party, did they?

[Old and In the Way]

16. Legacy?

Who are they kidding. When the investigations expose the legacy, he'll be looking to shred that, too.

[Erika]

19. A hate gay agenda, a hate women's right agenda and other

wedge issues is W's legacy. Plus the destabilization of the ME and allowed genocide by their sectarian forces.

[The Count]

18. HISTORY? WE'LL ALL BE DEAD BY THEN" W's answer to Woodward

Glad the GOP-ers are worried, but I doubt BFEE will make any changes.

[SoCalDem]

25. Reminds me of a thief who drops the tv he worked so hard to steal

That's karmic irony George..