WP: Pipeline to the President For GOP Conservatives

[kskiska]

Give and Take Flows Through Public Liaison Aide

Tim Goeglein's self-described White House mission is one that would certainly delight the Barry Goldwaters of the world: catering to the purveyors of modern "American conservatism."

Starting most days at 6 a.m. and often lasting well into the night, Goeglein, a special assistant to President Bush, operates as a virtual middleman between the White House and conservatives of all stripes seeking to shape its policies. " make sure they have a reliable access point, which is me," Goeglein said.

Officially, Goeglein, a 40-year-old who looks as if he would be carded trying to buy a beer, is deputy director of the Office of Public Liaison, one of four White House political departments run by uberstrategist Karl Rove. Yet Goeglein's role is much more central to how this president operates -- and wins elections -- than the job title suggests, according to several Republicans outside and inside the White House.

It is Goeglein's job to make sure conservatives are happy, in the loop and getting their best ideas before the president and turned into laws. With Goeglein's assistance, Christian conservatives, for instance, were successful in lobbying Bush to push for abstinence-first funding to combat AIDs and speak out against the persecution of Christians in Sudan, according to Charles W. Colson, an evangelical Christian who works closely with Bush and Goeglein.

more…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23206-2004Dec23.html

[asjr]

1. Ex felon Colson.

[TahitiNut]

2. Cash 'n' carry government. Nothing but old time cronyism done blatantly.

:puke: