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Miles from the Mainstream
D. R. ZUKERMAN, proprietor
More Media Catch-Up

SEPTEMBER 25, 2005 --

There is growing comment about lack of confidence in President Bush. (LPR saw the pre-Katrina gas price increases as reason for concern.)

Dare we now wonder if the President has lost a bit of confidence in his own capacity for leadership?

Would a confident President have named Judge Roberts to be Chief Justice of the United States -- or would he have left Roberts a nominee as associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and made another appointment -- say Justice Antonin Scalia, as chief justice.

Also, conservatives are said to be expressing concern about the apparent failure of Republicans in Congress to stand firm for limited government.

Republicans have yet to appreciate that they are in the congressional majority only because voters probably believe Democrats are a bit too fond of ruling, rather than representing, the people.

And, of course, Republicans -- even Karl Rove, have difficulty telling the difference between political friend and adversary.

More reason to conclude Republicans are, as others have noted, just Democrats-lite.
This means they are only a little bit less far from the people and our founding principles than the Democrats.