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Article: The First 162 Days
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
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EXCEEDING expectations: That was the first story line for the Bush
administration. You remember -- this was an administration of adults.
Competent, accomplished, leak-free and disciplined, they were
political craftsmen, or maybe above politics altogether. But that was
months ago. Now the polls are slipping and the story line has
changed: Through arrogance and ineptitude, the Bush people have lost
control of the Senate and the agenda. They're enduring bipartisan
spankings on oil drilling in Florida and the Great Lakes. From here
to 2004 will be one slow slide.
As with most such Washington caricatures, there's some truth in
each, but a lot that gets left out. No doubt President Bush and some ...