Word: obstructionists
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...governing tool, courted conflict with Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole and even Democrats, Bush thought charming the congressional leadership would yield better results. Like his father, Bush puts politicians into two breeds: on the one hand, "good men" (and women) who can get things done, and on the other hand, obstructionist poseurs. And good men can hail from either party. It's why Bush gives out his highest praise to liberal archenemy Ted Kennedy. "He can get things done," Bush told TIME at the end of an Oval Office meeting with the Massachusetts Senator on the education bill, which passed last...
...pull Dick Cheney aside and say, "That's the real Tom Daschle." Republicans blocked the expensive farm bill Daschle and other farm-state Democrats wanted, and Daschle, in turn, blocked the pro-business economic-stimulus package Bush had backed. By December the White House was calling Daschle an "obstructionist...
...acted more like one in the first weeks after the terrorist bombing--speedily authorizing Bush to use force, passing $40 billion in emergency disaster relief, approving a $15 billion bailout for airlines--last week they were back to their old bickering. Senate majority leader Tom Daschle branded the Republicans "obstructionist" for their opposition to airport-security legislation. Attorney General John Ashcroft and Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy blamed each other for holding up antiterrorism legislation. And House Ways and Means chairman Bill Thomas abruptly postponed a vote in his committee on giving the President new authority to negotiate trade...