Water works: Ill-timed veto might backfire on Bush

 
The Oklahoman Editorial
Published: September 26, 2007

Timing is everything. It's one of the immutable laws of politics and helps explain some of Sen. Jim Inhofe 's current frustration with the White House .

Inhofe, R-Tulsa, has been a prime mover behind a $23 billion water projects bill that would bring $140 million to Oklahoma . In a rare outbreak of consensus this week, the bill passed the Senate 81-12 — yet is threatened with a presidential veto because it contain...


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