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Should the Confederate battle flag, to many a symbol of racism and slavery, fly atop the South Carolina state house? Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Arizona Sen. John S. McCain, the two front-runners in the GOP primary there Saturday, have been frantically evading the question for weeks...
...little more, causing the gap to disappear. Unsurprisingly, however, Congress preferred to use the opportunity for a tax cut, and rather than be left portrayed as anti-marriage, the Democrats decided to join in to the tune of $89 billion over 10 years. The Democratic alternative, rejected before the GOP bill's passage, would have called for increases in the standard deduction and the EITC, costing only half as much and giving 60 percent of its benefits to households earning less than $50,000 annually. Clinton and Texas Gov. George W. Bush have both put forward more focused plans which...
...school. Such is the scenario faced by George W. Bush as he contemplates the prospect of reconciling his vague brand of "compassionate conservatism" with the very definite views of the Christian Coalition, which on Sunday threw its support behind Bush and threatened to pull their votes from the GOP if John McCain were elected the party's nominee. While this would appear to be a welcome endorsement for Bush - especially in conservative South Carolina, where Bush and McCain are engaged in a neck-and-neck race for this Saturday's Republican presidential primary - it leaves him in a tricky position...
...staunchly conservative South Carolina. And possibly in response to their diminished circumstances - "At this point, Pat Robertson is on the outskirts of influence," says TIME Washington correspondent John Dickerson - the coalition is making a determined move to be heard, stamping its proverbial foot and demanding attention from the GOP candidates. So Bush is left still dealing with a quandary that first surfaced during January's Iowa caucus, when he found himself pushed into conservative positions on issues like abortion in order to attract right-wing votes. Of course, his burden in this regard has eased somewhat with the withdrawal...
...with Bush in South Carolina polls, McCain's momentum appears to have slowed, with the two remaining neck-and-neck over the past week. And if W.'s ads and newfound aggressiveness change some Republican hearts and minds while keeping Democrat and independent turnout low, South Carolina - and the GOP nomination - is his. The risk, of course, in staking everything is that while South Carolina could be his Gettysburg, it could also be his Waterloo...