Post-Jeffords; Control of the Senate; Jim Jeffords spoils George Bush's plans.(Leaders)(Brief Article)
Economist (US), The, May, 2001
AFTER Enobarbus defected to Octavius, Antony sent his old friend all his treasure; overcome with remorse, Enobarbus killed himself. Something of the kind might now work well for George Bush in dealing with Jim Jeffords, the Republican senator who this week left his party, handing control of the Senate to the Democrats and dealing a body blow to Mr Bush's legislative ambitions. The idea would not be to kill the traitor, you understand, but merely for Mr Bush to recover, through a gift of compromise, what he can of his plans.
Certainly, those plans are now impaired. Mr Bush should still get a big tax cut through Congress. But his education proposals are likely to be watered down even further. Conservative causes, such as packing the judiciary with right-wingers,...
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