Posted on 09/22/2005 1:20:00 PM PDT by Jean S
He is right on all three counts. If Bush can beat back gas to under $2.00 his ratings will go back up. If Iraq can settle down that will help even more.
Gas is the issue. Gas at 2.50-3 would kill any President. If it goes down, W will be fine. If not, it's a rocky road.
Why is it that the polls I see are saying the exact opposite?
I think this is all a bunch of smoke. It's all to intimidate Bush to cave in and pick a liberal-minded judge.
I hope he's thinking, hell with these polls and do the right thing as in keeping the economy on course, fighting terror, changing the makeup of the supreme court and strengthening the republican party.
In fact, I'll go as far to say that if he nominate a conservative judge his numbers will go up because many people here at FR are getting worried and fed up. Those number poll numbers reflect erosion in his base.
I just saw one on AOL that favored Bush. Made me giggle.
HE'S NOT RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION!!!!
However, those who would like to take his place - most noticably those Republican Senators and Governors who would aspire to that lofty position - really ought to get their collective and individual butts in gear.
Ah well, we can all hope, can't we...
So -- Rocky Road? So, he won't be re-elected? I think Bush doesn't care much about polls and being popular anyway. Just a hunch.
Which perfectly explains the Democrats' opposition to oil drilling, expanding refinery capacity, and building nuclear power plants.
Exactly right. Heard that Barrone who does the best tracking on candidates and elections in states say that the fact that Bush is not running won't affect any upcoming elections.
So Bush is letting the DemocRATs beat on him while other Republicans are gaining ground under the radar...except for Hagar and McCain who are shooting theirselves in the foot.
I think you are series! What with all the unconstitutional spending, failure to control the borders, submersing this country into the NWO, and inflating our money to high heaven, I can see where his real problem is the price of gasoline up 150%. (sarc/)
They keep the gas prices where they are, our economy slows down and when our economy slows down, their economy will almost stop, along with the european economy.
Perhaps one of the things that will come out of these storms is the fact that we have too few refineries. If we had more, this hit wouldn't be as nasty as it is.
Add to that the fact that we need to bring in new supplies off the coast of Florida and California and in the ANWR.
Slick Willie cut and ran from Somalia. All that did was convince AQ that we were cowards and whet the AQ's appetite for American blood.
Is George running for office in 2008? I can't see why he should care about his poll ratings? Makes him seem like Slick Willie trying to improve his legacy. I think the President has done just fine so far considering all the misfortune that has happened on his watch. I may disagree with his lack of vetos on spending and his stance on immigration along with his choices of political appointments rather than professional ones, but when I think of the alternatives in algore and John Effin' Kerry I can put my mind at ease. I hope George gives us a true Conservative like Janic Rogers Brown or Michael Luttig for our next Supreme Court Nominee and if Teddy, Schumer, Leahy or other liberals have heart attacks....so be it!
I think the WH and specifically Karl Rove are keeping a very close eye on the polls. The President gets updates all the time. The mid-term elections are right around the corner and so is Bush`s legacy building effort.
>>>>Just 42 percent said Bush was acting because he sincerely cares about the victims, while 56 percent said he was acting mostly for political reasons.
Ouch.
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