The problem is that the administration can't communicate effectively. They have consistently had this problem and its not going to change before the 2006 or 2008 election.
The good news is that the GOP still won in the 2000, 2002, and 2004 elections.
The president was asked about the deal and said it's a done deal and he will veto any attempt to block it.
Then we hear he didn't even know much about it.
Inspiring.
The Bush admin can't communicate well, at all. They are caught flatfooted and defensive very often. They appear secretive even when they don't have to. Some of Dubya's decisions come off as strange even to his supporters.
All this flatly sucks. Dubya's popularity have been in the dumps for almost a year now. No signs of life, sorry.
I hope for the best but the stage is very clearly set for a GOP bloodletting and a remarkable rejection of the GOP status quo in 2006.
"The president was asked about the deal and said it's a done deal and he will veto any attempt to block it.
Then we hear he didn't even know much about it.
Inspiring."
But what we DON'T know is if statement #2 was even true! I find it very hard to believe, myself. We have so many recent examples of the media simply distorting the facts, or hearing what they want to hear, that what they initially feed us is CRAP! Then it takes a week or more for the truth to come out.