This is just a typical part of lawful fund-raising. |
We don't negotiate in the media, |
We'd had enough press conferences and requests, public and private. Now it was time to act. |
We'll use the debate to set the bar for the president's [speech] and set some themes for the 2006 elections. |
We're not going to support cuts to domestic programs, and I expect more than a few Republicans will join us on that. |
We've got two operations, both going at full tilt. |
[But a spokesman for Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid was less enthusiastic, saying Roberts has] suitable legal credentials. ... needs to demonstrate to the Senate that he has a commitment to core American values of freedom, equality and fairness. |
[Cheney] did what he needed to do, but these guys have taken secrecy to a whole new level. |
[Reid's aides said yesterday that their boss decided on the dramatic, attention-grabbing ploy because he was weary of GOP foot-dragging on a promised inquiry by the Senate intelligence committee into the Bush administration's handling of prewar intelligence on Iraq.] We'd had enough press conferences and requests, public and private, ... Now it was time to act. |
[The White House had no comment, except to point to Bush's past statements rejecting a withdrawal timetable, a position shared by Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.).] Like other members of the caucus, he's been calling for some benchmarks from the administration to measure progress, ... but he is opposed to setting a date certain for withdrawal, concerned that would undercut the troops. |