CNN: "How Bush gets his way on the environment"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/20/timep.environment.tm/index.html

"With the nation distracted by terrorism and the economy, the president has quietly maneuvered to challenge limits on drilling, mining, logging and power generation."

"But credit Bush for a successful strategy, in particular for having learned from previous mistakes. When former House Speaker Newt Gingrich used Republican control of Congress to assault regulations governing mining, oil drilling and air and water pollution in his 1994 Contract with America, the measures were quickly derailed in committee or vetoed by President Bill Clinton.

"Gingrich thought he had a mandate to push antienvironmental measures, and he just put a huge bull's-eye on his back," says Scott Stoermer, communications director for the League of Conservation Voters.

Bush, by contrast, has learned to stand oblique to the current of public opinion on the environment, allowing criticism to slide off his back."

[ComerPerro]

1. Hmm, and what made that scenario possible?

Oh yeah, 9/11 and the ongoing threat of terrorism! "We can't worry about regulation, the environment, and civil rights! There is a war on!"

I swear to God, why don't people see how Sept. 11 benifitted the administration in so many ways?

[NormanConquest]

2. If CNN were a real news organization

These "quiet maneuvers" would be rather obvious.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Touché

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