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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Friday, August 12, 2005

Ready for Round Two

From David Hogberg in today's The American Spectator:

WASHINGTON -- President Bush recently urged Congress to move on Social Security reform. The President deserves a lot of credit for pushing this issue as much as he has. Late last year, in talks with some conservatives and libertarians, one could hear doubts about whether Bush would actually make reform a priority. He has since removed all doubt, and reformers should, for that at least, be grateful.

Unfortunately, reformers lost round one of the debate. Bush's renewed emphasis on the issue makes it a good time to consider why we lost and how we can do better in round two.

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