AFP: US administration backs down in ports battle

[Rose Siding]

Karl's having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad few weeks.

Why, in this report, he's almost.....nuanced! ;)

This week was supposed to be about bush's snow job on alternative energy, but fizzled into having to juggle budget cuts just to provide himself with a decent photo-op.

When was the last time Rove was sent out to do this kind of damage control? Was he ever? At this point, he's probably wishing Veep would go hunting again.

US administration backs down in ports battle
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House has attempted to placate members of Congress angered over a deal that would let a Dubai company run several major US ports, with a top administration official saying a delay might be possible.

Just days after President George W. Bush threw down the gauntlet and vowed to veto any bill in Congress that could delay the transaction, senior Bush advisor Karl Rove said in a radio interview that the president might consider a postponement after all.

"Look, there are some hurdles, regulatory hurdles ... that are going to be concluded next week. There's no requirement that it close, you know, immediately after that," Rove told Fox News Radio.

"Our interest is in making certain the members of Congress have full information about it, and that, we're convinced, will give them a level of comfort with this," Rove said.
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The parade of officials on Capitol Hill sought to allay lawmakers' outrage at not having been notified in advance about the plan, which they said could leave America exposed to future acts of terror.

The administration has found few congressional allies in a controversy which analysts said could lead not only to the first veto of the Bush presidency, but to an almost certain override by Congress -- a major setback for the presidency.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/24022006/323/administration-backs-ports-battle.html

The plan may be to lay low, hoping to sneak the deal through later, but how? This is an election year.

[rodeodance]

1. i want to se he flip flopped--in the headline , even if he is only tilting

[rodeodance]

2. brit gets cheney, Hannity gets Gonzalas and now Tony snow gets Rove

[Rose Siding]

3. They're really having to dance, aren't they?

No relief in sight :)