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...Reported by Tamala Edwards/New York and John F. Dickerson, Viveca Novak, Elaine Shannon, Douglas Waller and Michael Weisskopf/Washington
...Waller: Bush never called specifically to ask her to step down, but the transition team essentially showed her to the door. The Bush camp was extremely annoyed that all this had to come...
...Waller: It's more a sense of relief that they never had to go into bloody battle over Chavez. They're simultaneously looking forward to and dreading a big fight. Most figure it's best if a nomination can be defeated before the vote is called; that way they can send the message that polarizing, conservative nominees will not be successful without engaging in full-scale combat...
...Waller: Nothing specific. There's been talk of other Republicans. Bush is saying he has a surprise, which could mean he'll put up a Democrat or a moderate Republican, although Bush may feel he still owes a debt to the hard right...
...Waller: The conservatives may very well be satisfied with Ashcroft, but I think a lot of them are worried about how quickly and cleanly Bush cut his losses with Chavez, and they may want another nominee as insurance. What, they may be thinking, will happen when the Ashcroft nomination hits its first bump in the road and the confirmation runs into trouble? Will Bush just abandon ship...