3. June 2004 • jlnathan
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Three years ago, U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) defected from the Republican party because he felt that the Bush administration left no room for moderates. This week, though still an independent, he is pushing hard-core for a Democratic Senate in 2004. Here’s an excerpt from a letter he has drafted to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s e-mail list:
Three years ago this week, I left the Republican party. I felt the party had abandoned its fundamental principles of tolerance, moderation and fiscal responsibility—the party of George W. Bush clearly was no longer the party of Lincoln. And I differed with the GOP on issue after issue: the need to protect public health and the environment, the need to invest in education, our obligation to balance the federal budget. Looking back, I can honestly say my worst fears about the Bush administration have been confirmed, and then some.
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