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GOP's Unified Front Is Reduced to a Veneer
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Oct 02, 2005 03:58pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Sunday, October 2, 2005 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Those in Congress are increasingly inclined to openly disagree with Bush -- and each other.
By Janet Hook, Times Staff Writer
October 2, 2005
Latimes.com : National News
WASHINGTON — In the disciplined world of George W. Bush's presidency, Republicans for years have shunned open criticism of the White House, fearful of a call to the woodshed from an administration that prizes loyalty.
So it was a striking departure when Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania — a high-ranking party official and a stalwart Bush ally — recently lambasted the administration's handling of this year's Social Security debate. It was even more striking that his office e-mailed the news far and wide with a subject line boasting: "Santorum takes Bush to task over Social Security strategy."
That was an emblem of the wobbly state of what was a cornerstone of Bush's first-term accomplishments: the confident, nearly lock-step unity of his party in Congress.
Now, every day seems to bring a new brawl among Republicans as divisions between factions proliferate.
A revolt by hard-line conservatives last week helped torpedo the selection of a more moderate Republican to temporarily replace indicted Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) as majority leader. A power struggle over a long-term successor is likely to follow.
The White House is battling the powerful chairman of the Senate Finance Committee over his effort to expand Medicaid for hurricane victims. Moderate Republicans recently demanded a White House meeting to protest Bush's decision to relax wage standards on hurricane reconstruction projects. |
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