Politics Link Turns BUSH GOOD

Politics Link Turns

BUSH GOOD 

“The compromise accomplished two ends. First, it changed the agenda base… thought he would lose on CAFE standards for SUVs.” 

“At a time of intensifying…Bush will need the Democrats to sustain the growth.” 

(Niko Kyriakou, reporter, commondreams.org, progressive news organization. “U.S. Congress Pledges to Double Funds to Fight World's #1 Killer: Unsafe Water.” 11-29-05. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1129-01.htm) 

“A widely unnoticed… on November 16.”s 

B. Popular acts don’t cost political capital – they boost it

ROBERTS 11/9/04 Political Science BA, University of New Mexico [Dane, “Democrats need sharp vision,” Daily Lobo, via University Wire] 

“Rivers and Rose thus show us that Bond and Fleischer’s are… too limited in scope to be relied upon in this context.” 

“In late 2005, Congress highlighted the importance …State Department and USAID.” 

“I believe this direct communication and …continue this conversation.”

BUSH BAD 

Jeremy Weidenhof, writer for the Lone Star Times, 2007  http://lonestartimes.com/2007/05/03/president-george-w-bush-failure/ 

“The economy is probably one of the President’s …the House Foreign Relations Committee.” 

A. Fiscal restraints and lack of political will make the “water for the poor” act unpopular

CSIS  2005 ( Global Water Futures Center for Strategic and International Studies, Sandia National Laboratories, September 30, http://water.csis.org/050928_ogwf.pdf) 

“More money could be devoted to official development …the House Foreign Relations Committee.” 

[Paul C., the President’s Agenda:  Domestic Policy Choice from Kennedy to Clinton, 3rd Edition] p. 28LIGHT  99  Senior Fellow at the Center for Public Service 

“As with virtually every other development program… however, that the lower the margin, the less the opportunity for coattails.” 

A. The plan is a flip-flop – Bush has resisted expansion of African water programs

AP, 5-16-07 (“U.N. official tells U.S. Congress about worldwide water deficit.”

http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/press/coverage/UNtellsCongresswaterdeficit.pdf)

“Rep. Donald Payne, a Democrat… State Department of ignoring the spirit of the legislation” 

“As with virtually every other development program… however, that the lower the margin, the less the opportunity for coattails.” 

(Michael A., Professor of Law @ University of Pennsylvania Law School, Penn LR, Jan)  

“Centralized and visible power… and ultimate weakness.”

Elections 

      Moulitsas 11/26/07 (Newsweek) 

      Sorg 5/2/07 (The Independent Weekly) 

      Evans 5/07 (The Soapbox) 

India Deal 

Institute for International Economics 05

[THE POLITICS OF U.S. FOREIGN AID, 2005, http://www.iie.com/publications/chapters_preview/321/3iie2911.pdf] 

And Unique Internal Link, Political capital is key to passage of the deal.

Financial Times, 7/22

(Jo Johnson, Asia-Pacific, India, “US-India talks leave N-deal unclear,” http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ad073bbe-387c-11dc-bca9-0000779fd2ac.html) 

Impact – the 123 agreement is key to sustaining good US-India relations.

Schaffer, 7/12, Director for the South Asia Program with the Center for Strategic & International Studies, Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia & Former Ambassador to Sri Lanka

(Teresita, "Nuclear friends in need: Increasing business and education ties between India and the US lead to shared foreign-policy interests," Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=9386) 

And, US-India relations prevent Indo-Pak conflict.

Rashid, 7/23, Former Bangladesh Ambassador to the UN, Geneva

(Harun ur, The Daily Star, Vol. 5, Num. 1118, “Growing US-India relationship,” http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/07/23/d70723020329.htm) 

Finally, Indo-Pak war is the most likely chance of extinction.

Fai, 2001, Executive Director of the Washington-based Kashmiri American Council

(Dr. Ghulam Nabi, “India Pakistan Summit and the Issue of Kashmir,” 7/8, Washington Times, http://www.pakistanlink.com/Letters/2001/July/13/05.html)