The gap between Mr. Bush and the conservative base is growing so wide it may soon be unbridgeable
Hell is for Hasterts
The American Spectator
by Jed Babbin
05/30/06
When Hastert erupted over the Jefferson office search, Mr. Bush chose to intervene in a criminal investigation and possibly compromise its results merely to gain traction with Hastert. For that -- and not for all the other things on reporter Helen Thomas's list -- the president should apologize to the American people. Among the many things the President mistook is that he won't smooth the path of the Senate bill by interfering in a criminal investigation of a House member. The gap between Mr. Bush and the conservative base that elected him twice is growing so wide it may soon be unbridgeable. House members rightly fear that the conservative base will voice its disgust at the polls this fall. What they need from the White House is help. What they've been getting is the back of the president's hand...
https://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9880
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
The American Spectator
by Jed Babbin
05/30/06
When Hastert erupted over the Jefferson office search, Mr. Bush chose to intervene in a criminal investigation and possibly compromise its results merely to gain traction with Hastert. For that -- and not for all the other things on reporter Helen Thomas's list -- the president should apologize to the American people. Among the many things the President mistook is that he won't smooth the path of the Senate bill by interfering in a criminal investigation of a House member. The gap between Mr. Bush and the conservative base that elected him twice is growing so wide it may soon be unbridgeable. House members rightly fear that the conservative base will voice its disgust at the polls this fall. What they need from the White House is help. What they've been getting is the back of the president's hand...
https://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9880
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 30. Mai, 15:23
