George Bush had never been the conservatives' beau ideal, but plenty of

conservatives supported him in 1988 and found much to applaud in his Administration.

Breaking the No New Taxes pledge, however, and signing what conservatives called "the

quota bill"--the Civil Rights Act of 1991, making it easier to sue for job discrimination

--had soured them, and National Review had just printed an editorial welcoming a

challenge to President Bush in the primaries. On this show Mr. Sununu does not give an

inch in defending his boss. WFB (on the Civil Rights Act): "He vetoes and vetoes and

vetoes, and then he yields. Now, he may yield because of what the French call force

majeure." JS: "No. He yielded because he won.... The President vetoed a piece of

legislation that was quota producing.... When he gets legislation that meets his criteria,

he accepts it.... It is a good, non-quota bill." ... JS: "When you take a good, hard look

at what George Bush has done in detail, conservatives will begin to understand that this is

probably the most conservative President of the 20th century."