Bush Gets Wins Under His Belt

[ECH1969]

WASHINGTON - After a rocky start, President Bush is scoring legislative wins that could be important tests of his ability to push laws through Congress in his second term.

While his centerpiece proposal to restructure Social Security continues to languish, Bush's close victory on a trade bill and his progress on energy and highway legislation are quieting talk that he is a lame duck already.

His nomination of conservative federal appeals court Judge John Roberts to the Supreme Court also seems to be on track, despite skirmishing with Democrats over access to papers from Roberts' work as deputy solicitor general in the first Bush administration.

"I think they've shown themselves to be very resourceful," Rutgers University political scientist Ross Baker said of the president's team and other GOP leaders. "Particularly, I think you have to credit the leadership of the House."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050728/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_revived_agenda_1
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More importantly they need to credit the leadership of DLC.

[ewagner]

1. "...credit to the leadership of the House."

Leadership my @ss!

It doesn't take much leadership when you've got a solid majority and use bribery, intimidation and blackmail to get the rest.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

and the Iraq war is going great, too! What a guy!

[tmooses]

2. Resourceful as the Corleones.

n/t

[Montauk6]

7. And he has all those judges in his pockets like so many nickels & dimes.

But the one question I have is, you've got Neil, *, and Jeb. My goodness, WHICH ONE IS FREDO???

[marmar]

3. No crap...

that CAFTA victory is one that shouldn't and wouldn't have happened if not for some Dems who've clearly been getting some fat checks lately.

[Cha]

4. Oh, Fuck them AND their

resources!

Thanks, dems, you fucking DINOS!

[Montauk6]

10. And what was that, again, about "play nice with the DLCers"?

[Cha]

13. I never said I would..

:)

[Mr. Peanut]

5. Hitler did too...

[CountAllVotes]

6. and ...

that is about all you will find under the belt of GWB! :D :D :D :D :D

:kick:

[Megahurtz]

8. Oh God, that's on Yahoo?

Good God!:puke::puke::puke::puke:

He's killing this country and running us into the ground with his "sweeping reforms"!!!

Why do they make it look like every citizen approves of this?

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[0007]

14. Sounds like propaganda from the Washington Times, 'eh?

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[AX10]

9. DLC/Blue Dog mafia is killing us.

[Teaser]

15. Did the DLC do this?

nt

[Baclava]

11. "Democrats remained combative — but outmaneuvered"

Is that what you call it?

[quiet.american]

12. This kind of stuff is why the "mainstream media" is reviled. n/t

[AValdoux]

16. Just paying back the money...

...they take during campaigns. The Jokers in Washington don't work for us or George Bush. They do what they have to do to get the money to run again. These bills were a victory for corporate america at the expense of the working man. The Repubs haven't delivered on one item they sold to their base, Gay Marriage, Abortion, War on Terror, etc. They have managed to payback their donors though.


AValdoux

[MrBenchley]

17. And he looked so cute in his pilot outfit

and he's so manly and strong...

You know, we've had stories constantly in the media about how swell he's doing since he got installed....and they're no more believable now than they were then.

The GOP can keep selling these wolf tickets, but I wonder how many folks are really buying them any more.