President Bush’s push to oust Saddam Hussein (1) power soon became more than a foreign-policy initiative; the (2) and his allies used it as a wedge issue (3) Democrats in the run-up to the 2002 elections."After 9/11, he (4) a country that said, ’We’re ready to follow,’" (5) Rep. Rahm Emanual, D-Ⅲ., a former top aide to President Bill (6) and now a member of the House Democratic leadership. "There (7) so much we could have done. But he said, ’Go shopping’, (8) then he divided the nation. "The hyper-political push for (9) cost him the support of Democrats; there would be no (10) big bipartisan successes for him to celebrate, such as his (11) education law, No Child Left BehinD．Republicans stayed with him, (12) , and while they controlled Congress, that was often enough. It (13) him politically potent through the 2002 and 2004 campaigns.But (14) spending programs and other breaks with conservative dogma hurt the (15) standing inside the GOP, and he never really worked the Washingtongame to (16) relationships with members of Congress.In his (17) term, Democrats scuttled Social Security reform even before the president (18) file a bill. Opposition to Bush became their organizing principle—the formula they rode to success in 2006, (19) the botched federal response to Hurricane Katrina and a continuing war left (20) as damaged goods. （18）处填入（）。