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[Gordon] Smith Spills: GOP Sens Will Desert Bush by Sept. W/O Turnaround
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| Contributor | WesternDem |
| Last Edited | WesternDem May 07, 2007 01:17pm |
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| News Date | Monday, May 7, 2007 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | What's interesting to Oregonians about this article is that Gordon Smith is one of the people who decided to unshackle himself from vagueness and talk openly about where the Party is headed. What's even more interesting is the big signal flare he throws up for Harry Reid that says "Hold out until September," which is when the new fiscal year's appropriation would come due:
Sen. Gordon Smith (news, bio, voting record) of Oregon, one of two Senate Republicans to oppose the latest spending bill for the conflict, said the war "is a problem because it's defining our party to the American people, and the American people have lost faith in this cause."
"Many Republican colleagues are simply waiting until September," he said, citing the deadline Bush gave to Army Gen. David Petraeus for a progress report on the war. Unless there is a dramatic turnabout by then, Smith said, the party's near-unanimity is almost certain to fracture. [emph me] |
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