Word: balk
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...another Bush fiasco and reminding us yet again of the risk involved when Presidents value loyalty over competence. Relishing the spectacle, Democrats are now demanding that four White House officials, including Rove, and six senior aides to Gonzales testify under oath. And, of course, Miers. If they balk, Democrats will issue subpoenas. At which point some of the President's loyalists may have to retain attorneys of their...
Even the most left-leaning of wealthy liberals will balk at the idea of paying extra taxes, pointing to the sheer size of government expenditure. With a proposed federal budget of $2.9 trillion next year, an extra five percent of one’s income (the approximate size of the Bush tax cut for high earners) will neither provide more funds for schools nor reduce income inequality...
...Still, with speculation growing that Schwarzenegger has designs on a U.S. Senate seat after his term ends, observers say the Governor could have calculated that having conservatives balk at some of his more centrist policies isn't an altogether bad thing politically. "The next time his name will be on the ballot in California is going to be in a campaign for the U.S. Senate four or six years from now," says Dan Schnur, a former Republican strategist. "The more the conservatives do to push back at him, the more moderate he will look by comparison. As long...
...John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. And you thought Mohammed Khatami was offensive! Maybe big OBL holds the key to world peace. Maybe not. Either way, this should be easy on Harvard’s wallet: we’re fairly certain that Mitt Romney won’t balk at providing state police "security" for this guest speaker...
...hard to see why Bush would balk at many of the key prescriptions of the report, since they would require him to abandon some key foreign policy positions he has held throughout his presidency. And without any changes in that policy, there is little likelihood that the regional powers whose help is being sought will feel much like cooperating...