Bush facing GOP mutiny over immigration
Do you think President Bush’s support on the immigration bill will be the tipping point of making him a lame duck President? Do you think Democrats are under estimating the outrage with their own base on this issue?
Politico-The bitter fight over a comprehensive immigration overhaul has pushed President Bush and his fellow Republicans to the brink of divorce — and, for the first time, the opportunities for reconciliation appear severely limited.
House leaders played down the friction Wednesday, but Republicans have predicted a showdown with the White House over immigration since Democrats took control of Congress last fall. And that longstanding tension spilled out Tuesday when GOP lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to reject the Senate — and, by turns, the White House — immigration overhaul
June 28th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
He is not a lame duck. He is now a dead duck!!!
June 28th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
I said before the whole Buchannan Perot thing is overdue. Minority? How are they defining that? The same people defining the majority of a Minority? (The shrinking popularity of the Republican party)
June 28th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Shame he’s not a “Jailed” Duck!