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“This administration is populated by people who’ve spent their careers bashing government. They’re not just small-government conservatives—they’re Grover Norquist, strangle-it-in-the-bathtub conservatives. It’s a cognitive disconnect for them to be able to do something well in an arena that they have so derided and reviled all these years.”

Senator Hillary Clinton

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Bush's sales pitch fails again

CBS News:
"I believe candidates are rewarded, not punished, for taking on tough issues," Mr. Bush said, during an appearance Thursday in Raleigh, N.C. "I say that to give assurance to the members of Congress who may feel somewhat fearful of taking on the issue."

The president has yet to win a single Democratic convert and clearly has more work to do among lawmakers of his own party.

Rep. Rob Simmons, R-Conn., said that despite a presidential sales pitch delivered in person on Wednesday, "I will have problems" if the eventual legislation relies on payroll taxes to finance personal accounts.

Asked whether the issue could cost him his seat in 2006, Simmons, who represents a competitive district, said, "I could lose my seat over almost everything."

Doesn't sound like Bush made a very persuasive case, does it?

posted by Scott @ 4:23 PM