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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Zoltan! who wrote (200861)	11/7/2001 2:44:25 PM
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BBC view of Bush first year: Flashback: Bush wins the White House news.bbc.co.uk The drawn-out election left the country bitterly divided By the BBC's Rob Watson in Washington It is exactly a year since the presidential election that saw George W Bush eventually enter the White House. To most Americans last November's election seems a very long time ago. It was preceded by one of the longest campaigns in US history - but one that had left most voters utterly bored. On the day turn-out was abysmal, barely 51% - and it was only after the votes had been counted that the election suddenly turned interesting. Votes were counted and recounted - until the Supreme Court ruled Democrat Al Gore had won the popular vote, but George W Bush had won the all-important electoral college vote if his slim victory in Florida could be confirmed. The rest, as they say, is history. Mr Bush finally secured that victory thanks to the Supreme Court. He arrived in Washington promising to reunite a now bitterly divided country. Just before the 11 September attacks the country seemed to be settling in for politics as usual with bitter partisan battles over domestic policies - now of course all that has changed But while his words were soothing, his political opponents were soon disappointed. His cabinet was conservative and his strategy to govern as if the election result had never been in doubt. There were early successes. The administration persuaded Congress to pass the biggest tax cut in years and Democrats found they liked the president, if not his politics. Bush's popularity shot up after 11 September But then there were setbacks. A Republican senator defected, citing the government's drift to the right, and the administration was hammered abroad for its opposition to the Kyoto protocol on global warming and its support for missile defence. So just before the 11 September attacks the country seemed to be settling in for politics as usual with bitter partisan battling over domestic policies. George W Bush was already being dismissed as one of the also-rans of presidential history. Now of course all that has changed. The president's popularity is soaring as he finds himself leading the country in the most extraordinary of times.

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