Thursday, February 17, 2005
DeLay Attacks Bush Tax-Hike Trial Balloon
DeLay had a tough re-election fight in 2004. The last thing he needs is to spend political capital on backing a plan that most Americans, including a non-trivial number of Republicans, don't like and don't want. By using a no-tax-hike stance to oppose Bush's plan to destroy Social Security, he gets to shoot down Bush's scam while still holding on to his right-wing base.
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