He, Karl Rove, and Rasicott (sp) have made some really bone headed moves, and seem to continue to do so with Education, CFR, the assualt weapons ban, and now the RNC courting gays. Each item while triggers for the single issue folks who are luckily in a small minority, aren't sufficient to keep the base at home. But the compilation of all, especially if added to from now until the election could cause enough harm for enough of the base to sit one out and by default throw the election to the DemocRATs.
I hope not, but someone in the planning rooms better start paying attention. The right is not nearly as forgiving or as forgetful as the left.
This is certainly true, although I believe that Bush and Rove are doing a better job than most other recent GOP administrations and campaigns.
One of the earlier posts in this thread gave the quote from Reagan about the need to compromise in politics in this country, as by design, no group has complete power. It is better to win and get 70-80 percent and move on, than to lose it all.
I also think it is easy to forget how difficult circumstances have been in this administration. From the outright unethical and continuous attacks of the Democrats, to the fact that the country really was fairly evenly split at the start of this administration, to the incredible economic hits caused by the attacks of 911, to the bad economic scene left over from the Clinton administration, to the need to fight two wars in just a couple of years, to the very real threat of unleashed WMD, what has actually been accomplished is unbelievably amazing.
If someone had said at the end of the Clinton administration, that in just a little over two years the GOP administration would accomplish what actually has been accomplished, no one would have dared to believe it.
So I am hopefull for the future, but realise the many pitfalls that are there.