Off to the Races or Where's Bush's Bottom?

[kpete]

November 15, 2005
Can Democrats Capitalize on Bush's Free Fall?

"Indeed, in the entirety of their second terms, Eisenhower never dropped below 48 percent, Reagan never got below 43 percent and Clinton never dipped below 54 percent in Gallup polling. Clearly, we don't have much experience with second-term presidents facing these kinds of numbers. There is no textbook telling someone in the position Bush finds himself in how to battle back and find success pushing his legislative agenda on Capitol Hill."

Without history to guide them, and with the 2006 midterm elections less than one year away, President Bush and Republicans in Congress are going to have to chart their own course to try to get their agenda back on track.

But, as Cook notes, Democrats still haven't taken advantage of this situation. "While Republican numbers have been, essentially, in freefall, Democrats have made only marginal gains."


http://nationaljournal.com/cook.htm
http://www.politicalwire.com/

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. Where? Check the point where Rove's lips are. n/t

[Career Prole]

2. LOL! I knew someone wouldn't be able to resist!

:rofl:
I'll admit my first thought was "On the flipside from that cashew he calls a penis".