Photo ops, however, are just part of the plan. Cost-free programs appealing to specific constituencies–such as Dan Quayle’s call for legal reform–will come from virtually every governmental office. And more controversial programs will be revealed when the nation is distracted. By unveiling his new wetlands policies in early August, Bush neatly escaped a prolonged outcry from environmentalists–many of whom, as one Bush aide quipped, “were backpacking when we broke the news.”
