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"[The rebuilding efforts ahead will take place in the White House as well as along the Gulf Coast, says Bruce Buchanan, a political scientist at the University of Texas.] This goes right to the core of his strength and right to the core of the thing that has enabled him to stay plausible despite the political partisan divide in the country, ... Now he's in damage control big time." — Bruce Buchanan
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"The longer a party holds power, it's harder to make sure everyone marches to the same tune." — Bruce Buchanan
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"My guess is they (the president and first lady) are discussing tradeoffs between SMU and Baylor but that they remain open, officially and personally, if there's something striking enough to catch their fancy." — Bruce Buchanan
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"Bush's standing with the public is a factor in his ongoing effort to influence legislation and to sustain support for his Iraq policy. The honesty dip is partly caused by a loss of faith in his credibility on Iraq." — Bruce Buchanan
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"He admonished reporters to refrain from long questions and -- amid concern that he is overreaching on his own powers -- joked that he had signed an executive order to ban them. I sensed kind of a latent indignation in him." — Bruce Buchanan
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"Bush could go with somebody unexpected, like a politician, that could throw the opposition a little off balance." — Bruce Buchanan
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"This goes right to the core of his strength and right to the core of the thing that has enabled him to stay plausible despite the political partisan divide in the country. Now he's in damage control big time." — Bruce Buchanan
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"It's an opportunity to claim these guys don't have a case, and it allows the defense to allege that it's purely political." — Bruce Buchanan
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"Well, he is more careful, more cautious. He's protecting a lead. He's very sensitive to the fact that any misstep is going to be magnified a thousand fold," — Bruce Buchanan
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"The fight for the soul of the party has not been concluded yet. The centrist Democrats are still alive, they want fiscal prudence, no big social spending programs. The Howard Dean wing of the Democratic Party has said you don't win by running as a paler version of the Republican mandate. Those two factions have not come to terms," — Bruce Buchanan
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"It's Libby now, pretty soon it could be Rove, and eventually there will be a danger for the White House that people are going to start asking if it is conceivable that they were acting without the approval of their bosses." — Bruce Buchanan
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"He's got a position on immigration that puts him at loggerheads with the conservative wing of his party. They've been suspicious of him for years, and his position on this issue only adds to that suspicion." — Bruce Buchanan
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"I do see this as a response to a weakened political situation, a willingness to do what it takes to maximize his influence." — Bruce Buchanan
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"Texas comes out smelling like a rose so far." — Bruce Buchanan
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"Otherwise, she's dead right after the Republican primary. Now she lives on to fight another day. This is the only way she can stay alive, and she's putting the best face on it." — Bruce Buchanan
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"The base in Congress is eroding as members worry about their own electorates, start to back away from him on immigration, start to back away on Iraq and start to consider the president as an optional ally rather than a vital one." — Bruce Buchanan
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"Instead he remains in the same loop. It takes a certain kind of self-confidence to shake up your comfort level and bring in new people who might challenge you. Bush has his inner compass and doesn't want to disturb it. That's what denial can do to a man." — Bruce Buchanan
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"Bush likes people who keep low profiles. He likes to be the star. He doesn't like competition from within." — Bruce Buchanan
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"If majority control of either chamber is lost, it makes him a lame duck overnight. He loses control over, potentially, funding for the war effort, control over ethics investigations, and over the ability to move any of his agenda items." — Bruce Buchanan
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"I really didn't expect him to come off sounding like FDR, even though he mixed in some standard Republican proposals like enterprise zones and school vouchers." — Bruce Buchanan
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"He's up against it. The immediate priority is to keep either house from turning to the other side." — Bruce Buchanan
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