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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (498637)	11/25/2003 5:04:40 PM
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GOP Steals Win From Dems With Medicare By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 4:49 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's success in securing a prescription drug benefit under Medicare borrows a page from former President Clinton's playbook -- grab a premier issue from your political rivals and make it your own. When Bush signs the legislation passed by the Senate Tuesday, Democrats will find it hard to complain that Republicans ignore seniors who have to choose between buying food or medicine. Their objections will be limited to details of Bush's plan, not the absence of one. Clinton was a master at seizing Republican issues. He reformed welfare, got tough on crime and balanced the budget. Now Bush has increased funding for education and provided a drug benefit for people on Medicare. Not so long ago, Republicans fought the creation of Medicare and said education was a state and local issue. ``Clearly it is a victory for the president,'' said Gary Jacobson, political scientist at the University of California-San Diego. ``It takes it off the agenda. He can brag about it.'' Bush said signing the bill will be the fulfillment of his campaign promise to pass a prescription drug benefit. And Senate approval came on the same day that the Republican incumbent got more good news -- the economy surged at an impressive 8.2 percent annual rate in the third quarter. The Medicare bill also gives Bush something of a bipartisan victory. Although most Democrats opposed the bill, 27 in the House and Senate voted for it. ``It will be tough for the Democrats to lash out at Bush on this deal because they had their own members who helped,'' said former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo.

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