Just Like We Thought

<div class="mini gray">Illustration by: Matt Mahurin</div>

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<p>Just like we <a href="http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/church-groups-lose">thought</a>, some of the people who used to be the biggest backers of President Bush’s faith-based initiative aren’t that impressed with what the program has accomplished over the past seven years.</p>

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<p>Nonetheless, in their <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/opinion/29kuo.html?_r=1&amp;ref=opinion&amp;oref=slogin">New York Times Op-Ed</a> piece today, it’s odd to see David Kuo and John J. DiIulio Jr place their hope for the program in a centrist — or even Democratic — future. That can’t be the kind of legacy Bush wanted his marquee &quot;compassionate conservative&quot; program to leave.</p>