"The Washington Post reports that 'President-elect Bush is defying predictions of a bipartisan government and instead is naming a Cabinet that is little different from one he would have chosen if he had won a resounding victory, Bush advisers said.' Bush 'has determined that the best way to establish his legitimacy despite his messy victory is to lead as if he had a mandate. So he is nominating thoroughbred conservatives to his Cabinet instead of appeasing Democrats with moderates, and is vowing to take his campaign platform to Capitol Hill undiluted even though his allies there are urging him to start with chewable bites.'"
Carl
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