The Real Republican Agenda

Bush Aims to Forge a GOP Legacy (washingtonpost.com)

The Washington Post outlines the Bush strategy to shift political and economic power to the wealthy corporations and individuals who are the primary beneficiaries of the Republican Party, and by doing so to permanently shift power to the Republican elite. The targeted attacks on unions, trial lawyers, and Social Security are the Administration's opening salvos. The Post comments:

When President Bush stands before Congress on Wednesday night to deliver his State of the Union address, it is a safe bet that he will not announce that one of his goals is the long-term enfeeblement of the Democratic Party.

But a recurring theme of many items on Bush's second-term domestic agenda is that if enacted, they would weaken political and financial pillars that have propped up Democrats for years, political strategists from both parties say.