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Bush Doctrines
After the president's term ends, administration alumni will try to keep compassionate conservatism alive.
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p>Wehner also turned out an impressive number of op-eds supportive of the Bush administration's policies. When William F. Buckley Jr. and George Will went off the reservation on Iraq, Wehner rebuked them. As the electorate's mood grew dour in the run-up to the 2006 elections, he sought to buck them up with good news . p>Since leaving the White House for the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Wehner hasn't let up. He has HREF=http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/339xjzhq.asp TARGET=BLANK>defended /A> democracy promotion in the Middle East, talked about torture in the war on terror, and pondered the state of conservatism at some length. p>Former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, now a scribe for the Washington Post and
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