According to Karl Rove, there is no doubt that President Bush will veto a stem cell research bill the Senate hopes to pass this month.

President Bush will likely cast the first veto of his presidency if the Senate, as expected, passes legislation to expand federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, White House aide Karl Rove said Monday in Denver.

“The president is emphatic about this,” said Rove - Bush’s top political adviser and architect of his 2000 and 2004 campaigns - in a meeting with The Denver Post editorial board.

Of course, this goes without saying. The President must veto this bill or else see his words rendered meaningless.

I think this is a disaster waiting to happen. Pro-lifers, IMHO, have made a grave miscalculation by signing off on this deal and agreeing to a three bill construct. Couple two good bills with one terrible bill that is politically popular, then veto the politcally popular bill while signing two obscure good bills is not good politics — or, I think, good policy.

For more on this bad political strategy read this.

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