9.30.2005
Is Bush Losing Congress? (WashingtonPost.com)
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Thursday, September 29, 2005; 12:09 PM
His second-term agenda is in shambles. His spending plan for Hurricane Katrina has torn his party apart. Support for his increasingly unpopular war is eroding. His political capital is spent.
And now he's lost his Hammer.
For President Bush, who was already seeing his influence wane in Congress, yesterday's indictment of Rep. Tom DeLay -- forcing the iron-fisted House majority leader to step down from his leadership post -- was an enormous blow.
Furthermore, DeLay's troubles add to the sense that the Republican Party and the White House are under siege, plagued by missteps and ethics scandals.
(More ... Is Bush Losing Congress?) ¶ 08:20
Special to washingtonpost.com
Thursday, September 29, 2005; 12:09 PM
His second-term agenda is in shambles. His spending plan for Hurricane Katrina has torn his party apart. Support for his increasingly unpopular war is eroding. His political capital is spent.
And now he's lost his Hammer.
For President Bush, who was already seeing his influence wane in Congress, yesterday's indictment of Rep. Tom DeLay -- forcing the iron-fisted House majority leader to step down from his leadership post -- was an enormous blow.
Furthermore, DeLay's troubles add to the sense that the Republican Party and the White House are under siege, plagued by missteps and ethics scandals.
(More ... Is Bush Losing Congress?) ¶ 08:20
