GOP`s Successful End to Summer in WashingtonPresident Bush arrives at
GOP`s Successful End to Summer in Washington
President Bush arrives at the end of the summer congressional session with key legislative wins on a variety of top issues. Most significant is the House approval of CAFTA, but it is not his only victory over the last few days. The Christian Science Monitor writes the President and GOP have achieved "big wins on issues ranging from a highly controversial trade pact to long-stalled energy and highway bills. Perhaps more important, his nominee for a vacant Supreme Court seat appears to be headed for a less-toxic confirmation process than analysts had expected." In Iraq, "top commanders have raised the prospect of significant numbers of US troops returning home next year. 'It's a pretty good week for the president,' says James Thurber, a political scientist at American University in Washington."
Mindy Finn