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PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND HIS TOP BIGpicture adviser, Karl Rove, had a specific plan for avoiding the second-term doldrums that affect most presidencies: They would push hard on a broad range of major policy initiatives.
They would recognize that getting things done in a second term is harder than in a first. They would make sure that the president dominated political discussion, that he not come to be seen as a lame duck. They were particularly eager to be dominant in 2005, which might be their best year, given that the 2006 election might not go well.See the full content of this document
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Friends Don't Let Friends Govern Like This
So far, 2005 is not going well. The president's main initiative - - Social Security -- is scaring Republicans. Meanwhile, Congress'...
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