The same media that is now telling you this has buried and forgotten "the Bush agenda" more times than I can count. So, while they may turn out to be somewhat lucky this time or next, I'm gettin' tired of hearing their same old requiem.
What they don't realize is that "the Bush agenda" is not something they can even try to nail down. It consists of providing conservative leadership, and garnering support where it can be found, in either party. The "push" on "the Bush agenda" is to maximize the conservative result, and make sure the public sees who is responsible whenever it is halted along the road. It drives the doctrinaire Washington lefties crazy, because, whenever it offers them a target, it is only a partial hit, and the Bush team gains ground elsewhere.
This tax cut was "impossible" only last January. Now it will be signed next week. The energy plan is "DOA" now, but as California fries itself, it mysteriously rises from the dead. Will the Democratic party stake 2002 on sniffing at Californians and telling them to carpool and paint their roofs white? WRONG!!!
The style, the formula is there. It's one that can be fine-tuned or rebuilt as dictated by circumstances. And it doesn't, by necessity, depend on Republican control of the Senate (because they didn't have it, remember? Cheney hasn't cast a single vote, do you think he EVER will?).
So this Jeffords event is nothing more than a way for the left-wing Florida-tramautized media to conduct one of their 60's-style "happenings" over a long weekend... |
