[LowCountryJoe]

It’s quite simple, really: congress had him by the short hairs in the U.S. Senate where, even when the GOP had the slim majority, the squishy moderate GOP senators could never be trusted. Why is this fact important? Well, because President Bush needed the Left to continue to authorize the funding for two conflicts in the Middle East. He knew that he had to leave certain things alone because he didn’t have the votes to continue the fight that was neccessary.

[Just A Nobody]

Well, because President Bush needed the Left to continue to authorize the funding for two conflicts in the Middle East.

Shhhhhhh! The BDSers don't care about any of that as it interferes with their BDS rants.

[what's up]

Well, because President Bush needed the Left to continue to authorize the funding for two conflicts in the Middle East. He knew that he had to leave certain things alone because he didn’t have the votes to continue the fight that was neccessary

Correct. Hindsight is 20/20.

But the war was won because Pres. Bush pushed on despite tremendous obstacles. Amazing how quickly so many conservatives forget.

[1035rep]

Well done.

[widdle_wabbit]

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http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/series/the_reckoning/index.html

The sentence above is mine; no excerpt involved.

The page is replete with background includes everything but Barney Frank and Chris Dodd. I agree with your interpretation of why Bush let Congress alone in the Budget arena.