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He will have trouble passing legislation his own party writes because they're worried about re-election? Guess the GOP will stop writing bills because Bush will have trouble signing them...???

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[/ QUOTE ]Uh, this is politics 101. It is now politically beneficial to oppose Bush for many Republicans, like Senator Santorum whose staff recently scoured the earth looking for comments Santorum made criticizing Bush. If just 6 Republican Senators oppose Bush on a piece of legislation, there is almost zero chance they will be "persuaded" to vote the party line. With the girls from Maine, Dewine in Ohio up for a hard reelection battle, Santorum now fleeing Bush in Penn (another tough reelection battle) and now Missouri showing up as a tie for '06, it doesn't take much to shut Bush down now.