07 February, 2006
Ummmm, then again...
It seems that the White House is applying pressure to GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, as well as GOP Congressional leaders to support the President on his illegal wiretapping of Americans, or find themselves blacklisted.
"Over the last few weeks, Mr. Rove has been calling in virtually every Republican on the Senate committee as well as the leadership in Congress. The sources said Mr. Rove's message has been that a vote against Mr. Bush would destroy GOP prospects in congressional elections.
"He's [Rove] lining them up one by one," another congressional source said.
"Mr. Rove is leading the White House campaign to help the GOP in November’s congressional elections. The sources said the White House has offered to help loyalists with money and free publicity, such as appearances and photo-ops with the president."
Um, OK. It just seems to me that, given his rather slippery approval rating and the fact that even Republicans are distancing themselves from Team Dubya (and, really, who wants to be anywhere near the blast zone when his karma finally barfs all over him?), Rove would stand a better chance of bringing the GOP leaders to heel by threatening to have the Preznit INSIST on photo-ops with them, rather than withholding his "free" publicity.
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