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Article: The Governors List: What "too much" success has done.(President Bush seems eager to shift power from the federal government to the states, despite the fact that many states are in economic difficulties)
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- National Review
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- March 5, 2001
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George W. Bush has made it clear that he intends to rely heavily on the 29 Republican governors as a farm team for talent and policy advice. New Jersey's Christine Whitman and Wisconsin's Tommy Thompson are in the cabinet; Virginia's Jim Gilmore is heading the Republican National Committee; John Engler of Michigan, Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania, and, of course, Brother Jeb of Florida are among Bush's closest confidants.
After a White House meeting between Bush and a handful of Republican governors, Idaho's Dirk Kempthorne announced that "Bush's agenda is our agenda." They want Bush to devolve power to the states, and Bush seems happy to oblige.
Throughout ...