Bad week for Dems
John Podhoretz:
"IF you're a Democrat and you're paying close attention to the electoral portents for 2004, this is not a happy week for you.
"Prescription drugs: House and Senate negotiators are on the verge of agreeing to a $400 billion bill creating a prescription-drug benefit - a bill the president is eager to sign.
". . .Don't get me wrong. I think the prescription-drug benefit is a terrible idea. At this moment it appears the only way America will be saved from it is if Democrats oppose its creation because it isn't terrible enough.
"Partial-birth abortion: This week, 10 years of GOP efforts to ban this disgusting practice - during which a viable fetus is pulled out of the birth canal, its head smashed and its brain sucked out - finally paid off. The president signed the ban into law.
". . .The economy: New jobless claims have remained below 400,000 for three straight weeks now, a strong indicator that substantial economic growth is now upon us. Some economists - and not Republican shills - are saying that the growth in the third quarter of 2003 might reach as high as 7 percent."
John Podhoretz:
"IF you're a Democrat and you're paying close attention to the electoral portents for 2004, this is not a happy week for you.
"Prescription drugs: House and Senate negotiators are on the verge of agreeing to a $400 billion bill creating a prescription-drug benefit - a bill the president is eager to sign.
". . .Don't get me wrong. I think the prescription-drug benefit is a terrible idea. At this moment it appears the only way America will be saved from it is if Democrats oppose its creation because it isn't terrible enough.
"Partial-birth abortion: This week, 10 years of GOP efforts to ban this disgusting practice - during which a viable fetus is pulled out of the birth canal, its head smashed and its brain sucked out - finally paid off. The president signed the ban into law.
". . .The economy: New jobless claims have remained below 400,000 for three straight weeks now, a strong indicator that substantial economic growth is now upon us. Some economists - and not Republican shills - are saying that the growth in the third quarter of 2003 might reach as high as 7 percent."
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