Thread: Playing Both Sides of The Fence

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Playing Both Sides of The Fence
The President will try to end a year of mishaps with a victory on immigration reform. But his own party may revolt
By JOHN CLOUD AND MIKE ALLEN
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Posted Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005
As the President's annus horribilis nears what must be a blessedly welcome end for him and his aides, they have just a month to try to salvage what had been a promising postvictory year. Instead, SoCIAl Security reform died; the U.S. death toll in Iraq passed 2,000; Katrina exposed the weakness of the Administration's bench players; a Supreme Court nominee fell; a White House aide resigned under indictment. Even Karl Rove's aura of imperturbability began to melt, not only because he is under investigation in the CIA-leak case but alsoâ€â€

[quote]In the end, though, it's unlikely that Bush will ever consummate his flirtation with the anti-immigrant right. It's too big a departure from his history, and too many Big Business g.o.p. donors need their cheap labor. "Bush decided to give these guys"â€â€