[deport]

Let me see if I understand all this ….

• the democrat dwarfs have been in nonstop campaign mode for months bashing the President on everything they can find
• The media has been following them and reporting their events, hosting their debates, etc.
• The pollsters are running almost daily polls about them, who is leading, who is rising, who is falling
• One caucus has been held with the results throwing everything upside down
• President Bush issues a Guest Worker proposal and the entire base has suddenly headed for the hills
• Some conservative pundits/media/organizations issue scathing assessments of his proposal(s)

All the above and much more has happened over the past few months. Yet we find the following at this juncture:

• President Bush’s approval ratings are somewhere around 50% or better
• The economy seems to be turning around
• The Bush/Cheney campaign hasn’t held any campaign events, appearances with other candidates, media buys, rallies, etc.
• The Bush/Cheney campaign has something over $100+ million in their war chest at this time
• President Bush has no strong primary opponent

Now I’m to believe that the President is in a dire political position, will lose his Republican base, likely be defeated, etc. etc. etc. And he’s not even begun the campaign. I suspect that the President’s campaign will begin after it becomes evident who the Democrat opponent will be and then you’ll see the release of the $100+ millions to promote the President and contrast him positions/policies against his opponents.

I suggest that in July after his campaign has been up and running and if the President is in political problems regarding his re-election then there will be something to worry about….. Until them I see nothing but the yelling of fire from the ones opposed to him and they don’t intend to vote for him and most likely didn’t vote for him. The first salvo of the President’s campaign has yet to be fired….

GO BUSH GO

[Neets]

In a nut shell Deport.

Yanow, I was listening to CNN last evening and I heard Bill the Pill Schnieder reporting on some sort of poll...I was only half paying attention and I heard him comment about some poll, which I can only assume was how the President fared in the SOTU...

Apparently, according to CNN's poll there were some undecideds' who declared his SOTU turned them off to him...

Bill's last comment was something to the effect of (paraphrasing here) "It remains to be seen if Bush can hold on to his base support or not".

Pan over to JudyJudyJudy Woodruff who was nearly orgasming over that comment, looking as though she was deep prayer that it would come to pass that Bush could not hold on to his base...and uttered her condescending "Indeed, Bill".

Bush's base is as strong as it ever was.

Bad news for CNN and the Dems.

[woodyinscc]

Great post, you have summed it up in a nutshell.

I will have no part of the sky is falling wingnuts, talk to me in August, when things start getting serious.

[Neets]

Oh yes...the Bush/Cheney Base is losing ground for sure.

Here is a live post from CPAC by Rabid Dog:

Checking in with a live report. This place is crazy! Thousands of people - all wearing conservative buttons, Bush-Cheney stickers, lots of red - it is a beautiful thing!

Cheney goes on in an hour - hundreds of people are all ready lined up to get in. The really great news is a lot of them are college kids and boy are they excited. We were cleared out of the lecture hall at 12:00 so that the security team could do what ever they need to do for the next two hours. All but one elevator has been shut down as well.

Sat next to a guy that went to the first CPAC - said it was about 400 people and no elected official wanted to participate (too chicken). Now there are 4,000 and elected officials are proud to be part of the program.

There are more sponsors this year than ever before. We even have the ominous presence of the ACLU. Lots of TV cameras, reporters from the Washington Times, etc.

Reporters were asking questions about how conservatives feel about the spending that is going on - I think this is going to be the hot button against Bush. Haven't heard anything yet on immigration.
More later.....

[Wolfstar]

Deport, re your post #1,254, beautifully stated. I would only say that the President's supporters here on FR and elsewhere have already fired a few salvos on his behalf, albeit small ones in comparison to what is to come from the campaign. Never doubt that we are having more of an effect than may be obvious on these threads.