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 ...
Exactly. I spend more time on threads with the third party wack-os & trolls.
Their goal is to push over those on the fence.
Those darned conservatives.
Better Freepers carrying the President's water than trolls carrying WaPo's water.
Bah! German is an easy language to learn. If we lose this current war we will be speaking Arabic, and that is a very hard language to learn.
Ironically, Spanish is a very easy language to learn. I'll let you come to your own conclusion on that one!
And waking hell's
Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement are working together. More than 600,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended through the Arizona Border Control Initiative last year - an increase of more than 50 percent over the previous year.
The men and women of our Border Patrol have made good progress - but we have much more work ahead, and we will not be satisfied until our agents have full control of our border.
Hush now, Peach!
these sheeple don't want facts. They're feeling too important. (Then there's also the DU trolls who don't want the facts out)
National Review - updated article:
There is no information sharing with Mexico re the Minutemen.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1630262/posts
The only way we lose this current war is if we let the rats take over.
For the most part, not blaming the Border Patrol, but the alleged reporting of Minuteman activities to Mexicao has yet to be explained. Bottom line: not nearly good enough. Millions are still pouring in yearly. So much more needs to be done, starting now, and no amnesty.
I don't know anyone who'd vote for McLoon...best bet is to make sure he's taken out in the primaries.
No complaints with my Rep or Senator (Tom Cole & Tom Coburn). Too bad other states can't top that!
Well I'm glad that the fact my neighborhood has become another extension of mexico amuses you.
It's not funny for me, an American born and bred to be run out of my homeland by thieves in the night with the blessings of the party I voted in office.
I know some soldiers who agree with you, as do I.
I suppose you see no contradiction in these two clauses?
What was you banned screen name?
It's already been explained. It didn't happen. There was all that hysteria for nothing.
Are you saying the media is responsible for Bush's disastrous policy decisions? This isn't a conspiracy, Sink.
These people have NEVER been happy with Bush and the Republicans in Congress, and they never will be.
I voted for Bush. I was thrilled when he beat Kerry (my excitement about the victory is probably contained in my posting history back around election time). I would love Bush to give us a reason to be excited about him again, but it seems pretty unlikely that he's going to suddenly stop being a globalist and start being a conservative.
That is EXACTLY right.
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