[downtownconservative]

Under these circumstances, it would require something extraordinary (think of Bush’s remarks with the firefighters at the 9/11 site) to turn around public opinion.

Zero doesn't have it in him. How can something like that ever materialize on a teleprompter???

[DrC]

“How can something like that ever materialize on a teleprompter???”

I concur that it can’t. But during Bush’s first 8 months, he was getting slammed in the press (notwithstanding he’d gotten a solid tax cut enacted and No Child Left Behind approved by both houses in Congress) and those brief remarks at the 9/11 site were so genuine and heartfelt that everyone realized we had a leader on our hands who was not going to whimper away with his tail between his legs but instead stand up to the perpetrators and ensure they paid a heavy price for their perfidy.