[Tallguy]

Every 2nd term Prez enters "LameDuck-hood" for different reasons, but they always begin the slide sometime around the mid-term elections. Looks like GWB is a little ahead of schedule.

It's really a shame. It didn't have to go like this. He could have picked a fight with Senate Democrats over a nominee with a real conservative record. He might have lost, but this would have galvanized his political base and helped the Republicans in the mid-terms. But as things sit, the Congressional Republicans are more likely to run away from this President's record.

[jveritas]

Now for your dumb analysis to be true you must wish hard that we do not capture Bin Laden or Zarqawi, get the situation better in Iraq ( it will get much better early next year... ouch...), and even get gasoline prices down. Wish very hard for all this not to happen, and trust me you will have a lot of people in your company doing the same like left wing liberals, their media whores, and some knee jerk conservatives.

[RobbyS]

You all keep saying this. It's only a hypothesis. or is it self-hypnosis, as if this were the only issue of importance?