USNews: Senior Republicans are disgruntled that the WH still isn't reaching out to them

[sabra]

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_070131.htm

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White House Irks Senior Republicans

Senior Republicans are disgruntled that White House officials still aren't reaching out to them in an effort to pull President Bush out of his political trough. "They notify, but they don't consult," a GOP insider who informally advises the West Wing tells the Political Bulletin. When Bush Administration officials talk to outsiders, even the most loyal ones, they seem most eager to solicit ideas on spin and public relations, not on the substance of policy. "They need all the help they can get and they aren't asking for it," a top Republican with close ties to congressional GOP leaders and many conservative lobbyists around Washington tells the Bulletin. "But they are succeeding in uniting the opposition."

:rofl:

[tanyev]

1. Helloooooo. Senior Republicans finally getting a clue.

Geez.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

2. These same "senior Repubs" were all too happy to roll over and let Bush rule like an emperor when he

was more popular, and give up any notion of checks and balances.

Now that their political lives may depend on breaking with the emperor on his wars of conquest, and the White House is doing the same thing it's been doing since 2000, they suddenly see a problem.