Word: hugheses
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Karen Hughes didn't like what she was hearing. Sitting in the Roosevelt Room of the West Wing on the morning of June 21, she listened with pursed lips as Nick Calio, the White House legislative director, insisted that President Bush should threaten to veto the patients' bill of rights...
Hughes is the adviser closest to Bush--she has been at his side since he first ran for Texas Governor in 1994--but she doesn't always prevail. She lost the battle with Calio, and the President issued his veto threat the next day. That evening, Hughes got a call...
Bush's threat made him an easy target. It was seen as yet another example of a President working on behalf of corporations instead of average Americans. Which is why Hughes spent much of last week laboring to mitigate the damage. "We can't just be against something. We have...
Kennedy and Bush laughed, then began swapping family stories. Afterward, Kennedy told Simpson he and Bush would be "scrapping like I did against you, Al. But I'm not going to hurt this guy." Bush didn't plan to hurt Kennedy either. He later invited the Senator to a White...
Some Republicans think Bush won't overcome the perception that he's too beholden to moneyed special interests until he picks a fight with one of them. What Bush needs, says a G.O.P. strategist, is a battle with Big Business. "They haven't given anyone reason to believe Bush isn...