Did you miss the left turn?
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To:jlallen who wrote (328534)
From: Rascal Thursday, Dec 12, 2002 4:27 PM
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Lott's out because W wants him out. W is cleaning house. He can't afford DeLay and Lott gumming up the works as he moves more towards center. (In press releases and talking points, only.)
When did the Democrats' "destruction machine" ever work for them? This is from the right, not the left.
Lott is out. The Fix is In.
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Message #328552 from PROLIFE at Dec 12, 2002 4:31 PM
moves toward the center???
LOL--not hardly, if President Bush wants him out it is because Lott is not conservative enough, or because Lott plays too much softball with Dashle
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Several Republican officials argued that what their party accomplishes in Congress next year will be critical to offsetting lingering damage from the Lott fracas. They said the party was likely to push domestic and other initiatives that were specifically designed to enhance its standing with black voters — and, more significantly, moderate white voters, who are central to Mr. Bush's re-election and who, White House officials say, might be chased away by the perception that their party was hostile to civil rights.
"The future of the party is defined by the president and the policies that he proposes and by the actions that he takes," a senior White House official said yesterday. "The president will now have two years to focus on the future, and his message will drown out lingering memories of this episode. The party is defined by its standard-bearer, not by events that swirl around somebody else who may be important to the party but is not the standard-bearer."
full article nytimes.com |
