Posted on 05/10/2006 7:15:13 PM PDT by Dems_R_Losers
Disaffection over spending and immigration have caused conservatives to take flight from President Bush and the Republican Congress at a rapid pace in recent weeks, sending Bush's approval ratings to record lows and presenting a new threat to the GOP's 12-year reign on Capitol Hill, according to White House officials, lawmakers and new polling data.
Bush and Congress have suffered a decline in support from almost every part of the conservative coalition over the past year, a trend that has accelerated with alarming implications for Bush's governing strategy.
The Gallup polling organization recorded a 13-percentage-point drop in Republican support for Bush in the past couple weeks. These usually reliable voters are telling pollsters and lawmakers they are fed up with what they see as out-of-control spending by Washington and an abandonment of core conservative principles more generally.
There are also significant pockets of conservatives turning on Bush and Congress over the their failure to tighten immigration laws, restrict gay marriage and to put an end to the Iraq war and the rash of political scandals, according to lawmakers and pollsters.
Bush won two presidential elections by pursuing a political and governing model that was predicated on winning and sustaining the loyal backing of social, economic and foreign policy conservatives. The strategy was based on the belief that conservatives, who are often more politically active than the general public, could be inspired to vote in larger numbers and would serve as a reliable foundation for his presidency. The theory, as explained by Bush strategists, is that the president would enjoy a floor below which his support would never fall.
It is now apparent that this floor has weakened dramatically and collapsed in places.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Yes, that must have been the plan Kerry was going to show us once he was in office. /Sarcasm.
You and I quote from the same section of the White House document. But while you see progress, I see failure. 600,000 captured but how many got through? You can apprehend 600,000, which admitedly is a large number, but for how many is this their second, third or fourth time caught? The actual number of unique individuals may be a lot less. Reminds me of our VC KIA in Vietnam -- we kept hitting the same bunker over and over again and reported new success in dispatching the enemy. But how many were just guestimates since we had no way of knowing how many we actually killed and pressure was always there to up the body count. I suspect this is the same here: to puff up the BP success to get more money and to deflect from the policy failure. No, the only thing that will stop them from coming across is a secure barrier, not a virtual one.
Romper room?
The country may be safer?
this president is doing nothing?
Where did you get your talking points?
For God's sake, don't read the article AmeriBritposted:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/immigration/
Wouldn't want you to get confused with any facts.
Yep. Pick up your marbles and run home to mommy
I had high hopes for this president on day one.
This thread was about illegals and you were pinged by the same bunch I see on every illegal thread saying the same ole crap. "The dems are gonna take it we're all doomed all because of us sleeper DU's, fringe, one issue idiots blah blah blah."
I have no problem with those who think immigration is a serious problem, as you stated. It's the people who start trashing the president, the people who pretend to be conservative but are actually liberals or third party lovers, and the whiners that I can't stand.
Another hot steaming scoop from Jim VandeHype of the Compost.
Secure the border FIRST. Then discuss the guest worker BS.
Yes, I can imagine this country with that group in charge. It's the stuff nightmares are made of.
The president talked about a guest worker programs when he ran for re-election.
Name me one other person who is going to run for the presidency who actually has a chance of winning who will run on the issue of immigration in the way you want.
For that matter, name me one presidential candidate who has ever run on this issue. Just one name will do.
LOL
Has he let you down?
Fine, if the rats being in charge doesn't concern you, all the better for you. You won't have any problems with your conscience when they destroy our country. I, however, intend to keep that from happening. And I don't need you in order to accomplish that.
Dude, I'm living the facts, no way in hades can you tell me there is not an illegal problem. No way is it being addressed.
I see the Open Borders Freepers are circling the wagons, re-arranging the deck chairs, performing triage, marking foreheads with lipstick--cussing out the dying . . . .
I almost forgot: I'm a xenophobic, racist bigot! But wait--that was last week; this week we're "hysterical!" That's the latest adjective from the `neener-neener' crowd.
It's like liberals and their "McCarthyism!" or Aladdin and his `Open Sesame!'.
WW11 went on way too long, also.
Sure glad we didn't cut and run tho' - German's a hard language to learn
You just joined 2 weeks ago and think you know about freepers carrying the president's water? Please.
I don't consider voting third party a proxy vote for a Democrat. I will vote for the candidate who is the most conservative, regardless of party. How I feel about the President makes no difference in how I'll vote for other offices. It just so happens that both my Representative and Senator are both conservative and Republican, so they will earn my vote come November.
However, of John McCain happens to be the Republican nominee in '08 I will look elsewhere.
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