Bush melds radical change, long term power grab
07/03/05
President Bush's presidency seems to be devoted to two strategies: One is loud -- radical change -- and the other -- conservative consolidation -- is quiet. The first is his attempt to overturn the status quo in the Middle East and, at home, to undo Social Security and bury what remains of FDR's New Deal activism. Those initiatives have met with setbacks, especially his domestic campaign to alter Social Security. Polls show approval of the way he is handling Social Security at 25 percent, while a majority now considers the Iraq war a 'mistake.' The second Bush strategy, to consolidate long-term conservative power and influence, is racking up more successes, though. Those are likely to continue, because they don't face the same determined foes his plans find in the Middle East...
http://www.suntimes.com/output/orourke/cst-edt-rour03.html
from Chicago Sun-Times, by William O'Rourke
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
President Bush's presidency seems to be devoted to two strategies: One is loud -- radical change -- and the other -- conservative consolidation -- is quiet. The first is his attempt to overturn the status quo in the Middle East and, at home, to undo Social Security and bury what remains of FDR's New Deal activism. Those initiatives have met with setbacks, especially his domestic campaign to alter Social Security. Polls show approval of the way he is handling Social Security at 25 percent, while a majority now considers the Iraq war a 'mistake.' The second Bush strategy, to consolidate long-term conservative power and influence, is racking up more successes, though. Those are likely to continue, because they don't face the same determined foes his plans find in the Middle East...
http://www.suntimes.com/output/orourke/cst-edt-rour03.html
from Chicago Sun-Times, by William O'Rourke
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 5. Jul, 16:50
