Detroit News Wednesday, December 10, 2003
GOP conservatives assail Bush
Spending is out of control, they say
By Carl Weiser / Gannett News Service
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WASHINGTON ・President Bush is a "fraud" and a "disaster." He痴 betraying the Reagan Revolution.
He has turned the Republican Party into the "the new welfare state party."
Those are Republicans talking. And that rage from Republicans who favor small government and fiscal restraint, in Washington
and the heartland, could mean trouble for Bush痴 re-election. ...
Fiscal anger
Here are reasons fiscal conservatives say they are angry with Bush: ...
The worry for the Bush campaign is not that Republicans will vote for the Democratic nominee next November. It痴
that they will stay home. ...
Voters' Concerns
For Republicans who favor small government, polls show that one concern is paramount: the fear that their children and
grandchildren will end up footing the bill for irresponsible decisions made by Washington in the last four years. ...
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