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...state supreme court, Bush's directive about softening the rhetoric had been rendered inoperative. Tom DeLay, the resident House G.O.P. firebrand, had vowed the night before that "this judicial aggression will not stand." His operatives were in Florida, officially to observe the recount process, and House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt warned them not to "disrupt this count." But there were plenty of other disruptions...
...Meet the Press," Tim Russert asked Dick Gephardt three or four times whether he considered that George W. Bush would be "the legitimate President...
...Each time, Gephardt demurred. Bush, he said, would "be the President...
...Gephardt implied, the legitimate...
...layer of paint." Leadership in both parties bow equally deeply to the twin deities of conservatism: Tax cuts and less government. And certainly Bush's confabs with Speaker Laney, long considered a key broker of bipartisan support for Bush's proposals, have not prepared him for debates with Dick Gephardt or Trent Lott, congressional leaders who are making conciliatory noises now - but who are also known for their fierce partisanship...