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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brian P. who wrote (13064)	2/29/2000 12:36:00 PM
From: Brian P.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

February 28, 2000, New York Times Bush Rues Failure to Attack Bigotry in Visit to College By FRANK BRUNI with NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF ...But the letter also seemed to anticipate the potential importance of Catholics in the Republican primary in New York on March 7. Catholics make up an estimated 46 percent of the registered Republicans in the state, and the outcome of the New York contest could be pivotal in determining whether Mr. Bush can put an end to the potent challenge from Senator John McCain of Arizona.... By specifically appealing to Cardinal O'Connor, Mr. Bush was clearly trying to mollify New York's Catholics. "You can't win the New York Republican primary without the Catholic vote -- it can't be done," said Kieran Mahoney, a strategist for Gov. George E. Pataki, who backs Mr. Bush. "Time will tell whether the statement will help. On balance, I think it will because Bush has a fair amount of personal credibility."... More than three weeks after he set foot on the red-carpeted dais at Bob Jones, Mr. Bush is no doubt hoping that, finally, he can move on. But the Democrats have other ideas. "I'm offended as a Catholic, I'm offended as a supporter of civil rights; I'm just flat out offended," said Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., Democrat of Delaware. "It should haunt them. And it will haunt them."