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...What's the response among congressional Democrats to Chavez's withdrawal? Is there a sense of vindication...
...Waller: It's more a sense of relief that they never had to go into bloody battle over Chavez. They're simultaneously looking forward to and dreading a big fight. Most figure it's best if a nomination can be defeated before the vote is called; that way they can send the message that polarizing, conservative nominees will not be successful without engaging in full-scale combat...
...word on who might replace Linda Chavez as the nominee for Labor...
...Waller: The conservatives may very well be satisfied with Ashcroft, but I think a lot of them are worried about how quickly and cleanly Bush cut his losses with Chavez, and they may want another nominee as insurance. What, they may be thinking, will happen when the Ashcroft nomination hits its first bump in the road and the confirmation runs into trouble? Will Bush just abandon ship...
...Bush nominee Linda Chavez learned Tuesday and Clinton nominees Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood learned back in 1993, many Americans appear to feel there's something singularly distressing about a woman who's not totally in control of household events and expenditures. It's the household after all, we murmur. Shouldn't she have been spending more time at home? That way she wouldn't have had to hire illegal immigrants to do her job in the first place...