> Hmm, is the bourgeoisie turning on W?
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> From Robert Novak's last column:
Dramatic deterioration in the outlook over the last two weeks is reflected in the experience by a Republican businessman in Milwaukee trying to sell $2,000 tickets for Bush's only appearance this year in Wisconsin on Oct. 3. In contrast to money flowing easily into the Bush war chest everywhere until now, he encountered stiff resistance. Well-heeled conservative businessmen offered to write a check for $100 or $200, but not $2,000. They gave one reason: Iraq.
The clamp on their wallets, they said, derived from their feeling that Iraq was ''an albatross,'' and that ''there is no end in sight.'' The performance by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld particularly came under fire.