Word: ducking
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...they changed their minds after seeing secret documents on the eavesdropping program the White House made available to select House members for the first time this week. A more palatable solution emerged midweek: extending last August's stopgap Protect America Act, which would allow them to duck the immunity issue until after the election this fall, when the Dems could have the same painful fight yet again...
...presidential candidates all talk about the need for change as if George W. Bush were a flat tire or a dirty diaper, but his Middle East trip last week was a reminder that he's still the Commander in Chief, that the lame duck has one more year to quack...
...there are some sacrifices Saltsman, 39, must make to run Huckabee's upstart candidacy. Ever since the two met, on a duck hunt in late 2006, Saltsman has been doing the job of a dozen people. He sets national strategy, helps write the ads and raise the money, approves every expense?and even plays body man at events, clearing Huckabee's way through the crowd. Over the months, he has earned his boss's respect. "I would say he has been right virtually all the time," Huckabee says...
Before the duck hunt, Saltsman planned the aborted presidential effort of former majority leader Bill Frist. Before that, he ran the Tennessee Republican Party, overseeing the successful 2000 effort to deprive Al Gore of any home-state electoral votes. These days he deals with a whole new set of challenges. Hours before the Iowa caucuses, he helped talk down Huckabee, who wanted to bring his three dogs to New Hampshire, despite the airline's objections. "If it ever comes down to choosing between me and the dogs," Saltsman jokes, "I am done...
Although we welcome Bush’s initiative, we worry about his desire to have a peace in place by the time he leaves office. The peace processes should not be dictated by the electoral cycle and a lame duck president’s desire to craft a legacy. The process cannot be rushed, and the end of the second Bush presidency should not be the end of the current push for peace, as the end of the Clinton administration was seven years...