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Democrats Vow to Combat Global Warming
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White House spokesman Tony Snow told reporters that Bush's aim is to "balance the needs of security and at the same time also the environment. . . ." He said Bush would likely "make that linkage in the speech" on Tuesday night.
The Republican Party, meanwhile, pledged a renewed effort today to win back Congress two years from now, retain the presidency and continue GOP policies.
In a speech to members at a Washington hotel, Robert M. "Mike" Duncan, the new chairman of the Republican National Committee, said that after the party's defeat in midterm elections in November, "we have to look at our plans, programs, policies and practices" and "ask ourselves, what should we change?"
According to a text of his speech released by the RNC, Duncan told the gathering, "When we are true to our core principles of lower taxes, limited government and individual responsibility, we win. When we stray from those principles -- or when we do not communicate them well enough -- we lose ground."
He lauded Bush for being "steadfast in his Republican ideals" by lowering taxes, appointing conservative judges and maintaining "his absolute, uncompromising dedication to victory in a very real war against a very real enemy."
Duncan told fellow Republicans that the problem was not the party's ideals.
"Last year, too often, our message wasn't about our principles," he said. "It was about a party that was in the majority, but seemed to have forgotten why. To regain the majority and retain the White House, we cannot just show that we want it more. We need to prove to the American people that we deserve it more. We need to be proud of our principles, confident that our ideas are the best for our nation."
Duncan added, "We are running not because we want to be in power, but because we want to put the American people back in power. We are running not for our job security, but for the very real security concerns that we face every day during this time of war. We are running not for us, but for the nation."
Saying that "we've got to get it right," the new RNC chairman, who replaces Ken Mehlman, exhorted the party faithful to start working now on winning the 2008 elections.
"We've got to elect a Republican president," he said. "We've got to regain our majorities."
