Word: norquist
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...bypass the generally amenable Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for authorization--has drawn fire not only from liberal Democrats but also from some of the most conservative in Bush's party, in which government restraint is a fundamental precept. "There is a test of Republicans on this," says activist Grover Norquist, normally a White House ally. "The country will let you get away with this in the wake of 9/11, but that doesn't make it right." And even if Republicans are prepared to bless Bush's program, they know it theoretically would have to mean extending such sweeping Executive power...
...also cast her vote for U2 front-man Bono, ?for putting a face on African poverty.? Brazile also welcomed the third recommendation from conservative Washington tax reform activist Grover Norquist, who suggested a pairing of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with civil right icon Rosa Parks, who died recently. Brazile hailed Rice's emergence as ?the face of American democracy...
...Norquist also suggested the natural disasters, as well as either the voters of Iraq (or, alternately, the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who hopes to thwart them). TIME's own Matthew Cooper, who has been at the center of the criminal investigation into alleged White House leaks of the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame, suggested that Bill Gates may be worthy of Person of the Year award for his work as a philanthropist. And, ever the White House correspondent, he also suggested that President Bush could be considered for a second year in a row- although this time...
...Miers will continue reaching out to senators this week and White House aides will look to build support among conservative interest groups for the nomination. The conference calls and mid-week meetings led by prominent conservatives, particularly anti-tax activist Grover Norquist and social conservative Paul Weyrich, will offer key indications for the Bush team's success in building support for Miers-or at least stopping calls for the withdrawal of her nomination...
What of the friendship among the three men? In 2002 Abramoff came to see Reed as competition and cut him off the Choctaw gravy train. "He is a bad version of us! No more money for him," Abramoff wrote Scanlon. Norquist was still standing by Abramoff last week, in a way. "I've known Jack for a long time," he said. "He's never approached me for anything improper. But we have led very different lives over the last 20 years." --With reporting by Greg Fulton and Greg Land/Atlanta and Viveca Novak/ Washington