Bush's Political Machine Fails at Governing -- Political Wire

Bush's Political Machine Fails at Governing

"President Bush and his hard-charging political team, which seemed to make all the right moves in winning re-election last year, have stumbled when it comes to governing in a second term," the New York Times reports.

"The tensions inherent in the transition from a first-term presidency, with its inevitable focus on re-election, to a second-term administration, which naturally casts more of an eye to history, are embodied by" Karl Rove. In his new job as deputy chief of staff for policy, "he has broad, substantive influence over almost every domestic issue" but he also retains his role as chief political strategist.

Meanwhile, a Los Angeles Times piece reflects a similar theme, noting many Republican insiders "are puzzling over how the president and his vaunted political machine could find themselves in such a weak position."

For more on the difficult transition from campaigning to governing, see my book You Won - Now What?

June 27, 2005

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