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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jackielalanne who wrote (65834)	11/3/2004 7:42:48 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

TIME weighs in... ....There are at least four titanic "reality-based" problems that this "faith-based" President now confronts. First, the U.S. does not have the military resources to continue an expansive, unilateral foreign policy; we may not even have the resources to maintain our troop strength in Iraq at its current level for very long. Second, we don't have the money to fund any of Bush's domestic plans--certainly not the privatization of Social Security, which has an up-front cost of $1 trillion. Third, Democrats are furious at the bilious tone of the Bush campaign and in no mood to cooperate on anything. The hyperpartisanship will continue to be fed by an increasingly divided and overheated media. Finally, Bush is sitting on a volcano in his own party. The vaunted discipline of the Republicans allowed only a few premonitory rumblings during the presidential election, but there is explosive anger among traditional G.O.P. fiscal conservatives--and also among those in the party who believe the war in Iraq was either wrong from the start or stupidly executed. "I've been biting my tongue," said a prominent Republican who supported the war but is "disgusted" by the execution. "I'll give Bush a week or so after the election, but then I'm going to let him have it." time.com