North Carolina?s Rep. Walter Jones makes an appearance in this USA Today news analysis about the friction evident between President Bush and the Republican Congress. A key paragraph:
Alan Simpson, a Wyoming Republican who served in the Senate leadership and is a friend of the Bush family, says the president’s “uncharacteristic rigidity” on some issues is causing heartburn for Republicans. “They’re thinking re-election and the president is asking them to go over a cliff,” he says.
Now that’s sure a friendly thing to say. Actually, the piece does present a range of GOP views on the situation as well as discussions about what the president needs to do to advance his agenda in the coming months.
