alt.politics.gw-bush

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:40:11 -0700, "Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' )"
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>David Johnston wrote:
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>> On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:29:41 -0700, "Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' )"
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>> >David Johnston wrote:
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>> >> On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:08:17 -0700, "Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' )"
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>> >> >1) Yes.
>> >> >2) Answer the bloody question. If working with your party is putting it
>> >> >over the country, how is it in parliamentary countries where the prime
>> >> >minister works with his party?
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>> >> The Prime Minister does not "work with his party". He leads it.
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>> >You keep saying that but the point is that the leader of the party,
>> >which BTW a president is too,
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>> No, he isn't. The idea that his party could introduce a bunch of bills
>> that the Prime Minister was opposed to is absurd because if it
>> happened, he wouldn't be . any more.
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>Why is that important?

It means there is no need for the Prime Minister to work "with" his
party. He doesn't have to make deals with individual MPs to get their
votes.