While some in the group have volunteered for other candidates, most are Bush loyalists.

And that has set off some backbiting among Bush loyalists.

But strong statements coming from less prominent Republicans who have been Bush loyalists were quite another.

But even Bush loyalists concede that Democrats should not despair - at least not yet.

But even Bush loyalists on the Senate panel seemed at least faintly troubled.

Is the problem that he has not been getting out an effective message, as Bush loyalists claim?

Thirty-five people are interviewed, many of them former Bush loyalists who have since become disillusioned by what they experienced at the time.

He coordinated the job of making sure that Bush loyalists were rewarded in the new Administration.

But he said he would probably want to move Bush loyalists into the committee.

Bush loyalists, of course, take a different view.