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...government's much-criticized handling of that crisis lowered that support even more. But Republicans, who have long suggested that Bush's policies on education and home ownership will one day win black support, haven't given up. Tuesday, one of their strategies-getting more high-profile black GOP candidates-bore fruit when, after months of encouragement from top Republican officials, Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele entered the 2006 Senate race...
...African-American Republicans in the country elected to statewide office. He landed a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention last year, and once incumbent Democratic Senator Paul Sarbanes announced he would not seek another term next year, Sen. Elizabeth Dole, who recruits candidates for the GOP, aggressively pursued Steele...
...solid member of Bush's White House team, as chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors. In that capacity, he has been obliged to defend administration spending policies that have dramatically increased the deficit - so much so that they are viewed by a significant minority within the GOP as excessive, and out of step with the party's traditional emphasis on fiscal discipline...
...After taking a week off, Congress returns to work, with GOP members divided with President Bush on some issues and among themselves on others. Following Hurricane Katrina, the federal government offered more than $60 billion to the Gulf Coast, and Bush gave a speech last month in which he laid out what sounded like billions more in spending for that area. But GOP fiscal conservatives, long unhappy about the increasing levels of federal spending over the last several years, have instead seized the upper hand, insisting that the high spending on Katrina means the government needs to cut back everywhere...
...course, the most divisive issue, the Harriet Miers nomination, now enters its third week. Manny Miranda, a conservative activist and former GOP Senate aide, predicts more conservative groups will declare their opposition to her this week. But in the Senate, which will ultimately decide the nomination's fate, Miers will have a couple of opportunities to build support for herself. After a series of meetings two weeks ago that left many GOP senators underwhelmed, Miers will be back on Capitol Hill this week. The nominee is also expected to return a 12-page questionnaire this week that the Senate gave...