The foreign press cite "unnamed sources" in Congress and write that there is pressure from the White House for several Republican representatives to either cross the aisle or at least start a new party.
Apparently, Karl Rove is concerned that the president is running out of excuses for his failure to execute against his legislative agenda. The Reagan strategy of taking credit for everything that goes well, blaming Congress for everything that doesn't, and forgetting anything embarrassing, simply won't work if a) things don't go well, c) Congress is Republican, and b) you're still young.
Rove's six-month plan is to fix all these problems, while distracting the public with religious-right spectacles. After losing the Republican majority in Congress, there will be some declarations of victory (an orderly election of a new pope is one such item), and coaching of Bush to make him look tired.
Happy April 1st.
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