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Originally Posted by Danny_C
I just don't understand why, after all that's happened in our country and around the world during his administration, he finds funding of scientific research so objectionable that he's using his first veto to stop it.
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The part about it that disturbs me the most is this: if he *is* just pulling the party line ... why? He can't run for re-election, he's already served two terms. What political capital does he need now? He's got two years left, most of his contemporaries will see him as a lame duck in his second term already, and there's nothing he could possibly do to please his opposition in Congress. If he walked down from Heaven and began the Second Coming, I'm convinced the Bush-bashers would spit in his face on the way to Hell.
So what's the benefit in pandering? Is it to preserve the Republican base vote for the next candidate?
It can only mean one thing: He cares because it's going to be Jeb Bush running for the job.
Is there any other way to look at it?