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"The President says he is curbing runaway spending," CBS' Jim Axelrod reported from the White House as the veto was signed. Axelrod spelled out the problems: Bush is nixing $35bn in spending while seeking $190bn to fight wars; the advocacy group Families USA is running a "shame on you campaign" in favor of an override; Democrats have to convert only 15 Republicans in the House in the coming two weeks to prevail; and a GOP strategist told him, in a blind quote, that "poor kids' healthcare trumps fiscal restraint every time." ABC's Martha Raddatz (subscription required) called the veto "by far the most unpopular" of the four of Bush's Presidency and saw the White House start to relent: "We are willing to talk about how much more needs to be done," was how she paraphrased their negotiating position. "The White House does say it is willing to compromise."
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