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Bill Kristol says Bennett is speaking for other conservatives who worry that Gingrich's image is so tattered, he's being forced to soften his partisan edge.
There's politics on both sides of the matter, says the Times : Korean politicians want up-front money to soften what are widely viewed in their country as the bailout's regulatory intrusions, while the Clinton administration has tried to make the U.S. contribution to the deal--estimated to be potentially $5 billion--more palatable by suggesting there's a chance it would never actually be needed.
But the senators would soften the benefit cuts by offering workers a shot at higher private sector returns.
Walls and pillars explode around them but the sleek, geometric lines of their bodies never soften.
But a closer look at Bush's comments suggests the opposite: He is concerned that the party looks mean because of its economic policies, and he is using cultural issues to soften that image by projecting Republican "compassion."