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...move generates a meager political benefit at a substantial public cost. White House officials have called it "a forced interest-free loan to the Government." Some Republicans in Congress have also objected, and Texas Gov. George W. Bush has opposed the delay, saying that it would be wrong for Congress to "balance their budget on the backs of the poor...
Governor George W. Bush should be helping Pat Buchanan out of the Republican Party rather than begging him to stay in it. In recent years, Republican primaries have witnessed candidates sprinting to the right to win the Republican nomination and then trying to move towards the center before the presidential election...
Because of his abnormally large lead so early in the primaries, Bush does not need to go towards the right and can offer the moderate republican image from the beginning of the race. In 1996, Bob Dole was stuck in a close race for the republican nomination with Pat Buchanan. Buchanan won the New Hampshire primary, in some respects forcing the Republican Party to adopt an extremely conservative platform...
...Convention, including New Jersey Governor Christie Todd Whitman. But as Dole's defeat in the general election shows, Republican candidates cannot shuffle to the right early in their campaigns and then try to drift towards the center without offering the public confusing and hypocritical views of themselves. This time, Bush's lead in the polls allows him to run a cohesive campaign during which he can show the public a consistent and moderate image from the beginning of the campaign...
...Bush has tried to accomplish this goal in several ways. First he stated that he would not have an anti-abortion litmus test for any Supreme Court Justice appointments. In a speech before the Christian Coalition, where many candidates for the Republican nomination had the opportunity to speak, he carefully avoided issues of abortion, school prayer, and gay rights. The other Republican candidates who spoke at the event, Elizabeth Dole and Gary L. Bauer, both spoke more forcefully on conservative issues. Dole told the audience that organized school prayer should be allowed in public schools while Bauer said that...