He also has the ability because of the numbers in the House, the Senate, and soon on the Supreme Court. Not to mention the ability to pack the benches with his judicial appointees.
He definitely has the ability and power to go either way. We will see soon how it all is going to play out over the next 4 years during the legislative break in December. If he uses it to pack the benches with very conservative judges, we will know. If he keeps his pledge to to not do that, I think we will also know. Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/04/04 10:23AM >>> Although it's possible, I'd be less surprised to see him become even more unilateral (if that's possible) because now that he's been re-elected that's one less consequence to worry about. > A common saying around Washington is that a during a > president's first term they run for reelection, and the > second term they run for the history books. > He just very well might kick off the cloak of > partisanship, shift slightly to the center (which is where > he spent most of his life), and try to accomplish some > things that history will remember him fondly for. > We will know shortly, I think. > Jerry Johnson >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/03/04 07:04PM >>> > Okay, I've had about all of the "We need to reach across > the aisle" > crap that I can handle from Bush. Why should we believe > what Bush > says now. He's spent 4 years of not doing it. He's > excluded > democrats from key meetings. He's kept the dissenting > public away > from his campaign events. Exactly what aisle is he going > to reach > across. Why doesn't he just fess up and admit he's going > to do things > the way he wants to and damn everybody else. > -- > Marlon s. isaac dealey 954.927.5117 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=44477&DE=1 http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=45569&DE=1 http://www.fusiontap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=36 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134065 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
