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11/04/2004:

"Bush to 'spend political capital'"

by Simon Jeffery
Re-elected US president George Bush today said he intended to spend the "political capital" he earned campaigning for the White House.

In his first press conference since the election he acknowledged he had to "explain the decisions I make" but said he had every intention of following through with a second term agenda stretching from an overhaul of the tax system to "spreading freedom" in the Middle East.

"The people made it clear what they wanted," he said. "I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and I intend to spend it."

Full Article: guardian.co.uk

Great.