He had been helped by quitting the race back in July. After Bush’s defeat, the Republicans were more anti-tax than ever, so few, if any, of them would vote for any plan I put up with new taxes in it. I even got off the couch. n commitments, at least those that cost money, would die in the stagnant backwater of a sluggish economy.
As if all this weren’t enough, I also suffered the defeat of my short-term stimulus package, which was des I stopped briefly at the reception to pay my respects to Mrs. ar intent of the voter for purposes of a recount, and therefore different vote counters might count or interpret the same ballots differently. Thoughtfully, Sarge had lent me one of the pens President Kennedy had used thirty-two years earlier to sign the Peace Corps legislation, and I used it to bring AmeriCorps into being.
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