Article: Standing Pat? Civil war on the right. (Patrick Buchanan)(Campaign '92)

George Bush and his advisers had an artful political plan. The president would give a speech on March 20, his deadline for a congressional economic growth package; he would admit the 1990 tax-increase deal was a mistake blaming the tax-and-spend Democrats for making him do it-and conservatives would love the apology. Instead, Bush blurted out in an interview last week that "if I had it to do over, I wouldn't do what I did then, for a lot of reasons, including political reasons." He did not the decision because of its economic impact, nor apologize for breaking his no-new-taxes oath. And conservatives, once again, charged treason. "If he flagellated himself and begged ...

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