President Bush kept a low profile throughout the day, letting other administration figures take the lead in delivering the administration's message of cautious optimism.
Bush has received low marks on the economy lately, despite low unemployment, low inflation, high corporate profits and a stock market that's close to a record high.
Still, given the unpopularity of the Republicans and the historic low ratings of George W. Bush, McCain's gravity-defying poll numbers are about more than a few tough ads and one badly timed vacation.
You make a good point that Mr Bush has started off with low expectations.
Bush, who is experiencing low approval ratings at home, has expressed similar beliefs about how history will view his legacy.
Mr. Bush said Iraqi leaders got low marks for solving their political differences, but he said they needed more time and continued help from the United States.
Harrison says most butterflies will flock to the appropriately named butterfly bush, which is considered a low-maintenance plant.
Mr Bush himself has mostly kept a low profile since returning to Texas.
From this low starting-point, however, Mr Bush is spearheading what could be a big rethink in American aid policy.
The Bush Administration has a sluggish, low-key missile defense effort under way: a limited ground-based system deployed in Alaska and California, which won't be much of a deterrent in today's world, and a still underdeveloped sea-based system modeled on the U.S. Navy's Aegis vertical launch system.
Still, Lazio insisted he was trying to keep a low profile at the convention, saying it was Bush's moment to shine.
At this low moment in the historical reputation of George W. Bush, his nominee for Chief Justice stands in signal contrast to what appears today to be a failed and fading tenure as President.
President Bush, then Governor Bush, played real hardball and there were some low blows against McCain.
"We must work toward a system in which all Americans have a good insurance policy, choose their own doctors, and seniors and low-income Americans receive the help they need, " Bush declared.
Bush, Gore added, has presided over a state whose low rolls of the insured warranted serious scrutiny.
The administration's strategy, get Mr. Bush out there, focus on the positive economic indicators, low interest rates, low inflation, and new growth.
Tensions between Bush, whose approval rating is near an all-time low, and Congress have been growing for some time, and the president's vow to veto the legislation angered many of his congressional allies.
Bush says that's critical to make health care accessible to low income Americans who don't have insurance.
Bush, decrying what he has called "the soft bigotry of low expectations, " has promoted reform of the public education system as one of the most pressing priorities of his young administration.
In fact, the plan to rely on commercial companies for access to low Earth orbit was initiated more than seven years ago under President George W. Bush as part of his Vision for Space Exploration.
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Bush also said he believes the economy is poised for a rebound, with low interest rates, lower energy prices and previously approved tax cuts kicking in during coming years.
Rangel, of course, voted against the Bush tax cuts, and he is more favorably inclined toward tax relief for low and middle income families (as well as toward government spending) than toward relief for high income folks, investors and very large estates.
The draft plan would make the tax system more efficient while boosting revenue by lowering the top income tax rate to as low as 23%, from 35% now (and 39.6% if George Bush's tax cuts expire) while shrinking many tax credits and exemptions, such as for mortgage interest.
Certainly, trillion plus dollar annual deficits, the extension of the Bush tax cuts through 2012, and public disclosure of personal tax information (highlighting low effective tax rates) by Warren Buffett last year and Mitt Romney this year has made public an issue usually limited to discussion among tax academics.
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Mr Bush's team wants to eliminate the bias in favour of employer-purchased, low-deductible health insurance in America's tax code, not by reducing the existing tax subsidies for employers, but by increasing the tax subsidies for individuals.
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"For advanced countries, more imports today are coming from middle- and low-income countries, " says Matthew Slaughter of Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, a former Bush White House adviser.
It then calls for extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, eliminating taxes on interest, dividends, and capital gains for low- and middle-income people (money made from investing, basically), and reducing the corporate tax rate, among other tax cut proposals.
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They prefer to focus on the first stage of his plan, which is more concrete: If elected, Bush says he would immediately push through a four-year program to provide a prescription drug subsidy for low-income seniors and the disabled until the larger reforms are in place.
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Republicans eligible for votes in the Tar Heel State include Bush and McCain, former ambassador Alan Keyes, whose bid for the GOP nomination soldiers on despite very low numbers, and conservative activist Gary Bauer, who dropped out of the Republican race following the New Hampshire primary.
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