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Gaffes by Bush Economic Team Worry Conservatives
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Feb 21, 2004 04:41pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Saturday, February 21, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Gaffes by Bush Economic Team Worry Conservatives
More than a year after President Bush revamped his economic team, none of the current players has emerged as a leading spokesman on the economy and conservatives are fretting over a series of election-year gaffes.
The lack of a clear economic voice was underscored last week when officials were forced to back off a jobs forecast unveiled in the Feb. 9 Economic Report of the President.
Many Republicans thought a major shake-up of the economic team was unlikely in an election year because it might make matters worse for Bush. In December 2002, Bush fired Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and National Economic Council head Lawrence Lindsey. CEA chief Glenn Hubbard left the administration last year and was replaced by Mankiw, a relatively unknown figure until the recent furor [over jobs outsourcing and flawed jobs forecasts].
Republicans felt White House officials made the fuss over the forecast worse by backing away from it. Sticking to their guns, they said, would have conveyed an upbeat view that might have helped Bush. |
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