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Dean Under Seal
Howie preemptively evades embarrassment. Plus: Senatorita Sanchez. Also: DeLay right as usual.
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Dick Gephardt
‘s candidacy for president. But
one man who was, was Rep.
Tom DeLay
, who has long
been advocating for the Bush Administration to play hardball with
organized labor instead of playing nice in naive hopes of future
considerations.
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DeLay’s approach would appear to have been the smarter one, particularly given Hoffa’s gamesmanship with the GOP. Recall that Hoffa dangled the prospects of a Bush endorsement in front of Republicans leading up to — and well into — the 2000 convention in Philadelphia. He was the toast of the town, being wined and dined like he was the nominee, yet left town with a big Cheshire Cat smile and the Bush team with nothing to show for its efforts.
“DeLay is usually right about these kinds of things,” says a congressional ally of the House Majority Leader. “The White House wouldn’t hurt itself too much by listening to him once in a while.”
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