Wow, turmoil in the republican party now that Bill Frist, the senate majority leader has decided to break With bush on the stem-cell bill.
This could mean that up to 7 or 8 other moderate republicans might see some political room to do the same thing and vote their conscious. This could precipitate a veto showdown between the President and his Republican congress.
Already, Tom Delay has criticized Frist on his flip-flop in an interview with CNN this afternoon.
Interesting times to be a Democrat :)
With Rovegate going on, now Bush is losing his grip in Congress. This week, on the vote on CAFTA, 39 republicans voted against the president. Bush has also lost republicans on his position on social security. Now this. I hope the democrats can capitalize.
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Yeah, "unique techniques." See also: Ohio.
For all the nonsense they put out about John Kerry in the last election, Republicans seem very, very good at "flip-flopping." Anybody remember a certain someone saying he'd fire anyone who leaked information?
For a party that supports a "culture of life," they're not too interested in helping those that are alive. This is the first time I've ever supported Frist on ANYTHING.
I dig your site, man. Cool we have some clear thinking liberals (as opposed to the conservatives in Democrats' clothing) in Philly.
Arnab, you're right that Bush is great at winning elections. The main reason is because of Karl Rove, who is now busy dealing with the controversy over the CIA leak. But, Bush doesn't have any more elections to win - that is the point. He is losing his grip on the Republican party and it should be interesting to see how congressional candidates position themselves going into 2006.
As for stem cell laws in Canada, I did some research and Parliament passed a law last year allowing all stem cell research short of human cloning. So, I would argue Canada is way ahead of the US.
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