“I didn't come here not to deal with major problems.” [View All]

[Rose Siding]

Bush remarks from the pool report of last night's fundraiser...

To pay for Katrina, he says, we have to find more budget cuts. “We'll cut this deficit in half by 2009...” Calls for national medical malpractice reform. Applause. Asbestos reform. Applause. “I didn't come here not to deal with major problems.” ..... This is the pitch for Social Security reform, including private savings accounts. More applause. “I've had a chance to name two good people to the US Supreme Court...” He names Roberts, and draws applause. He names Miers, and the hall is silent at first, but after more Miers talk, applause. “There must be confidentiality in the White House,” he says of the Democratic request for documents

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