Irvine511
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Maoilbheannacht said:The Presidents poll numbers have obviously been battered by bad news in Iraq and Katrina.
is the implication here that these are two events that Bush could have done nothing about? or is it most likely that these two events (one a calamity, the other a long oozing wound) are precisely why he has lost clout and credibility due to his incompetence?
Good news would of course have the opposite effect and his poll numbers would rise. Lets not forget that Bush still has nearly 3 years left in office. Thats a lot of time.
agreed that he does have plenty of time, though i don't think a generally good economy (it's still not the late-1990s) is enough to override Katrina and Iraq.
and then there's this:
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Republicans Increasingly Critical of Bush
By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer
Mon Apr 3, 7:13 AM ET
WASHINGTON - From Iraq to deficits, from immigration to port security, some of the most pointed criticism leveled at President Bush is coming from within his own party. Republicans these days are almost sounding like perennially divided Democrats.
The rising GOP angst stems from Bush's deep slump in the polls and the growing unpopularity of the Iraq war.
But it also reflects a political reawakening as Republicans follow their own political interests in this midterm election year and as would-be 2008 presidential contenders seek ways to set themselves apart — from each other and from Bush.
"It's open season on him. George Bush has lost trust on too many issues," said presidential historian Thomas E. Cronin of Colorado College. "We saw it happen with Johnson, we saw it with Nixon. And now, sadly, we're seeing it with Bush."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060403...16yFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
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