'Green Elephants' Abandon Bush; Republican Conservationists Pine for the Days of Roosevelt and Goldwater

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"The president's grades have declined," says REP's communication director, Jim DiPeso. "There's just no leadership from D.C., and aggressive national leadership must come from the Oval Office."

High-profile Republicans have been defecting from the [Bush] camp all year: Russell Train, head of the Environmental Protection Agency under Presidents Nixon and Ford, announced his support for Bush's opponent, Democratic Sen. John Kerry, this summer. Former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Edward Stringer, who served as chief counsel to George H.W. Bush's Education Department and as chief of staff for Minnesota's Republican Gov. Arne Carlson, also supports Kerry, citing the environment as one reason.

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'Green Elephants' Abandon Bush; Republican Conservationists Pine for the Days of Roosevelt and Goldwater

The "green elephants" with the grassroots group Republicans for Environmental Protection (REP) will not be endorsi...

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