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The Washington Post goes with Labor Secretary Alexis Herman's backpedaling on an Occupational Safety and Health Administration directive making employers responsible for safety and health violations in employees' home offices.
Journalists who admit to judging Bush's answers generally accuse him of "shifting," "backpedaling," "altering," and "reversing."
But a softer Dick Armey is a tall order, and it's resulted in more verbal gaffes and more unseemly backpedaling.
With Donald Trump preening and Jesse Ventura backpedaling, the Reform Party is enjoying its widest media exposure since Ross Perot's '92 run.
Dobson's partner Gary Bauer took to the Sunday talking-head circuit, bad-mouthing Reed for backpedaling on abortion.