Word: gop
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...House doesn't have a unified view on Iraq, and opinions don't necessarily divide along party lines. GOP conservatives like Majority Whip Tom DeLay have joined ranks with pro-Israel Democratic congressmen like Tom Lantos and have argued for U.S. military force against Iraq because of the threat Saddam poses to Israel. Libertarian GOP congressmen and many liberal Democrats have yet to be convinced of the need to invade. International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde says he will support military action if the intelligence shows that Saddam clearly is getting a weapon of mass destruction. Hyde would back...
...Last week, House Majority Leader Dick Armey and another top GOP congressman, J.C. Watts, accused Democrats of what you might call political copyright infringement. Here's their beef. Three years ago, the Republicans developed a sure-fire slogan for winning elections: "Securing America's Future." They'd paid some political consultant zillions of dollars to come up with those three words. They conducted who knows how many polls and focus groups with voters to test the slogan and see if voters liked it and if it would make them break down the doors to voting stations to pull the lever...
...losing - but there is no doubt that his patience has been severely tested in recent days. The prospect of Bush moving ahead without the moderating influence of a Hughes, much less a Powell, has some Republicans worried. "Bush has got to get a handle on this," says a GOP veteran. "To quote Bush himself, 'Enough is enough...
...simple: if Bush demanded that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon withdraw from the West Bank and that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat call off the terrorists, the two sides could get down to business. But when neither man complied, Bush seemed to give up after a week. When the GOP's right wing unleashed a tide of e-mails and telephone calls in support of Israel, Bush appeared to revert to his instinctive support of the country. And that is pretty much where things stand - back where they started...
...Before celebrating, however, the corporate executives who pay the bills for well-connected lobbyists like Haley Barbour (former GOP chairman and head lobbyist for a new utility group) and Marc Racicot (current GOP Chairman and lobbyist for utilities, mining and timber companies) should ask whether they really want these particular prayers answered. To the degree that their hired guns succeed, these lobbyists may well pose a bigger threat to the fortunes of the businesses they ostensibly represent than any costs associated with protecting the environment...