New York Times Declares Modest Victory For Bush

[dogday]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/24/politics/24assess.html?ex=1274587200&en=2d5106ced9442646&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss


WASHINGTON, May 23 - President Bush won enough from the bipartisan compromise on judicial nominees on Monday night to claim a limited victory, but he now faces a series of additional tests of his political authority, with the stakes extending to the fate of his second-term agenda.

On the plus side for Mr. Bush, the bipartisan agreement among 14 centrist senators expressly called for up-or-down votes on three of his nominees to federal appeals court seats, all but ensuring their confirmations, though it left in limbo the fate of two more.

[ewagner]

1. Hmmmmm....

still no direct comment from the shrub?

Is he letting this "limited victory" crap leak out to test the waters.????

[Solly Mack]

3. Only comment so far from the Whitehouse (Scott McClellan)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3718960&mesg_id=3719362

[AP]

2. Discount the whore factor it's means a loss for Bush.