Bush learns from the governator

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 1/25/7 | Debra J. Saunders

[SmithL]

PRESIDENT BUSH -- whose approval rating has fallen to 35 percent -- seemed to borrow a page from the Team Arnold playbook when he delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday night. The Bushies should want to mimic Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's impressive turnaround. In 2005, only one-third of California voters approved of the governor. In 2006, Schwarzenegger handily won re-election and a majority of voter approval.

How did Schwarzenegger do it? The governator admitted that he erred in holding a special election, assured voters that he got their message and promised to play better with state Democrats.

Bush lacked Mr. Universe's exuberance when eating humble pie. Nonetheless, Bush was gracious as he addressed "Madam Speaker" Nancy Pelosi and acknowledged that he was addressing, for his first time, a Democratic-led Congress. Harkening back to the "uniter" rhetoric of his 2000 campaign, Bush observed, "Our citizens don't care which side of the aisle we sit on -- as long as we're willing to cross that aisle when there is work to be done."

As California GOP Chairman Duf Sundheim noted, Bush and Schwarzenegger both have tapped into the public's desire to "move forward" and get things done.

[SmithL]

Bush and Schwarzenegger both have tapped into the public's desire to "move forward" and get things done.

Yeah, but it's the wrong things that they're trying to get done.

[frogjerk]

PRESIDENT BUSH -- whose approval rating has fallen to 35 percent

What are Nancy "Stretch" Pelosi's numbers?

[goldstategop]

If you move Left, the media and the Democrats will forget your past political sins faster than the snow melts on a spring morning.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[EagleUSA]

...and promised to play better with state Democrats.
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Says it all. Tax and spend.

[MadIvan]

Grover Cleveland used his veto pen more than any previous president. He once stated that he regarded the biggest part of his job to stop bad bills that came out of Congress.

I'm thinking of him for some reason now.

Regards, Ivan

[Dixiekraut]

As opposed to our current administration's motto....which was "spend and spend".

[Bommer]

How did Schwarzenegger do it? The governator admitted that he erred in holding a special election, assured voters that he got their message and promised to play better with state Democrats.

Inotherwords, Bush, start caving and become a butt kissing Democrap (see McCain)