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Republicans Run the Political Risk of Becoming Too Self-Reliant
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| Contributor | CBlock941 |
| Last Edited | CBlock941 Aug 08, 2005 10:04am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Monday, August 8, 2005 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Reward your friends. Punish your enemies. Unify the party. Marginalize the opposition.
These are the old-fashioned tools Republicans are using to entrench their control of 21st century Washington. Around these principles the White House and congressional Republicans this year have demonstrated focus, discipline and an ability to coalesce around difficult legislative goals rare for any political coalition in American history.
Even with occasional reversals, the GOP congressional majority has repeatedly united to move legislation toward President Bush's desk, most dramatically in a spasm of four major bills that cleared one or both chambers in late July.
If there's a danger for the GOP in this strategy, it may be too much success. This unification process often produces divisive results: legislation that aims squarely at the priorities of conservatives and offers relatively few concessions to other perspectives. |
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