Bush gets tough. Why now???
Kevin Drum thinks the UAE/Port deal may be much ado about nothing, at least from a substantive perspective. And he makes a fairly convincing case for it.
But what I don't get is why Bush picked this issue to stand firm? He's threatening to pull out his veto pen for the first time in five plus years on something where the downside risk to cancel the deal seems minimal.
And, just a cursory review of Bush policy - particularly involving Homeland Security/War on Terra issues - provides a litany of purely political decisions. Remember the big one - Bush was against the Department of Homeland Security before he was for it.
It took some clear polling evidence to get him on board so he could beat Tom Daschle and the rest of the Democrats about the head with it in the mid-terms in 2002.
Surely it can't be something as simple as a threat to his post Presidency seat on the Carlisle Group Board? Not money - he'll be able to rake in unlimited cash mangling our language around the globe. So what is it? The usual arrogance?
It beats me, but I say bring it on.
But what I don't get is why Bush picked this issue to stand firm? He's threatening to pull out his veto pen for the first time in five plus years on something where the downside risk to cancel the deal seems minimal.
And, just a cursory review of Bush policy - particularly involving Homeland Security/War on Terra issues - provides a litany of purely political decisions. Remember the big one - Bush was against the Department of Homeland Security before he was for it.
It took some clear polling evidence to get him on board so he could beat Tom Daschle and the rest of the Democrats about the head with it in the mid-terms in 2002.
Surely it can't be something as simple as a threat to his post Presidency seat on the Carlisle Group Board? Not money - he'll be able to rake in unlimited cash mangling our language around the globe. So what is it? The usual arrogance?
It beats me, but I say bring it on.
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