The base in Congress is eroding as members worry about their own electorates, start to back away from him on immigration, start to back away on Iraq and start to consider the president as an optional ally rather than a vital one. Bruce Buchanan
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![[The rebuilding efforts ahead will take place in the White House as well as along the Gulf Coast, says Bruce Buchanan, a political scientist at the University of Texas.] This goes right to the core of his strength and right to the core of the thing that has enabled him to stay plausible despite the political partisan divide in the country, ... Now he's in damage control big time. - Bruce Buchanan Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBCcnVjZSBCdWNoYW5hbiAgICA=&num=4 "[The rebuilding efforts ahead will take place in the White House as well as along the Gulf Coast, says Bruce Buchanan, a political scientist at the University of Texas.] This goes right to the core of his strength and right to the core of the thing that has enabled him to stay plausible despite the political partisan divide in the country, ... Now he's in damage control big time. - Bruce Buchanan Quotes")
