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Article: Politics of the possible.(Brief Article)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- March 19, 2001
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George W. Bush is methodically pushing forward the issues he campaigned on. The House last week passed a version of his tax cut, the House and Senate are considering his education reform package, defense reformer Andrew Marshall is preparing a new strategy for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Medicare reform will come later. And there may be a commission to report on Social Security reform next year. All is going like clockwork.
Meanwhile, Democrats are having difficulty diverting attention from Bush's goals and directing it to issues that favor them. Two years ago, after the shootings at Columbine High School, many Democrats and some Republicans pressed hard ...