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Wonder if he'll claim credit the work of the Commission he resisted, tried to sabotage, and stonewalled every step of the way? Probably. He might even believe it.

HELLMOUTH, Texas (Reuters) - President Bush is examining ways to implement by executive order some recommendations from the Sept. 11 Commission which do not have to go through Congress, an official said on Monday.

Bush, under political pressure in an election year to respond to the report's criticism of the government response to terrorism, was conferring with senior aides, the senior administration official said.

Bush, who is on vacation at his Texas ranch, hoped to put some of the measures on a "fast-track" through executive order, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
(via Reuters)

Of course, this would avoid any of those pesky Congressional debates. You know, the kind where Senator Kerry could propose alternatives.

The LA Times reports the story this way:

Kerry has raised the heat on Bush, embracing the recommendations immediately after they were announced Thursday and pledging to implement them his first day in office. "There are imperatives that we must move on rapidly," he said Thursday.

By contrast, Bush had praised the proposed reforms as "serious" but promised only to study them carefully.

That stance began to shift Friday when White House officials announced the president had asked his chief of staff, Andrew H. Card Jr., to head a Cabinet-level task force to determine how many of the recommendations could be implemented by presidential order, without waiting for legislation from Congress.

But Kerry overtook the president again over the weekend, with his advisors announcing Sunday that they had already completed their own analysis and determined that 25 of the 41 recommendations did not require congressional action.

"I offer my full support for immediate action and will work with you to implement the recommendations," Kerry wrote in a letter Saturday to the commission chairmen.
(via LA Times

Heh.

Funny. Neither the Kerry "25 out of 41" data nor his offer made the New York Times. I wonder why?