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...absurd and wanted to get away. He woke up early Saturday, called communications director Karen Hughes around 6:30 and asked, "Have we won yet?" Aides briefed him on the state of play, and he shot off some e-mails before heading out. "I'll be at the ranch," he said to his aides. "Let me know what happens." Then he drove to Crawford, where he goes to clear his head, and the land around the new house, and not think about lawyers...
...votes--yet he didn't watch the hand counts start back up on TV; he wasn't constantly on the phone needling aides for updates throughout the morning. He took a long walk. But by midafternoon he was driving his Chevy Suburban around the 1,600-acre ranch when campaign chairman Don Evans called with word of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to shut the recounts down. "Great news," said Bush. "Fantastic." The original decision to petition the Supremes three weeks ago had been his; some advisers warned that he might not want them involved, but he had felt...
While waiting things out in Austin and at the ranch, Bush has been deeply involved in congressional politicking. Already, and almost invisibly, he has his arms around the congressional G.O.P. in a way his father never managed--a way that could serve him well if the election ends up being decided in Congress. Bush is holding regular discussions on legislative strategy with key allies such as Tennessee Senator Bill Frist, Ohio Congressman Rob Portman and Missouri Representative Roy Blunt, a conservative leader close to Tom DeLay. Bush has a team of lobbyists and consultants--known as the Gang...
...Powell's a mosaic too. The sure-thing nomination was performed for the cameras not at the ranch or the Austin office, but in the gymnasium at Crawford Elementary School. Because Colin Powell isn't just a black decorated war hero with universal appeal and impeccable credentials, he's a black decorated war hero with universal appeal and impeccable credentials who will leave no child behind...
...Powell noted that reports about his nomination would say "Colin Powell, first African-American to ever hold the position of secretary of state. And I'm glad they will say that, and I want it repeated." And then he thanked Bush for sparing him another photo-op at the ranch...