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...past couple of weeks, three of Bush's top men--chief of staff Andrew Card, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson and political adviser Karl Rove--have been working to find a compromise that would suit both the pro-research community (represented by Card and Thompson) and the evangelical interests (which Rove is worried about upsetting). The three weren't having much luck to begin with, but last week the opposing sides dug in. The announcement that the Virginia institute had created embryos just to get their stem cells--and news the very next day that a Massachusetts...
...KARL ROVE W.'s Svengali implicated in idea to let Salvation Army ban gays. Back to Texas by fall...
...Chief economic adviser Larry Lindsey says he's buying bikes for his kids. Karl Rove will blow it on school clothes, home furnishings "and something for Daisy, the dog." Budget director Mitch Daniels will give it to his daughter to save - "but she may find a way to spend it," he says hopefully. Multimillionaire Donald Rumsfeld is opting for services - he says he'll use it to pay his accountant. And Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, who's signing the checks, is giving it to charity...
This is a political loser." So Karl Rove has been telling President Bush about the battle over stem-cell research. Not exactly nuanced analysis from the President's chief strategist. Rove is stuck with the unenviable task of studying the science and politics of the issue and delivering a recommendation to his boss, who is poised to make a decision soon. Insiders say Rove personally leans in favor of research that uses fetal cell tissue. Politically, however, he's in favor of his boss's re-election. Polls indicate that a substantial majority of American Roman Catholics support embryonic research...
...next few weeks, the President is expected to decide whether to continue federal funding for research on human stem cells. The administration itself is sharply divided on the issue; HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson is fiercely in favor of continuing the research, while White House chief of staff Karl Rove, with one eye on the Catholic vote, has cast an adamant ballot against it. (This, despite the fact, that the majority of Catholic voters support federal funding...