"This president is on the ropes," said pollster John Zogby. "The trip is a risky gambit because I don't think he's going to come home with much" in foreign policy accomplishments.
Zogby also saw a risk that the strains between the Bush administration and many European leaders -- while they will be tempered by the solemnity of the D-Day celebration -- may resurface to reinforce some of Kerry's criticisms.
The liberal media wants to set the desired outcomes and then pronounce the trip a failure if they are not met. In reality, the White House sets the policy and the goals, not the press.
Well I'm thinking about voting for Bush but not unless he can get those Europeans to like us again...... /sarcasm off.
Sheesh Zogby has come out of the closet entirely now. He's a flaming push poller if I ever saw one. Firmly rooting for Kerry.......
Is there any voter that is actually basing their decision on the things Zogby is talking about ?
Would seem to me if getting the europeans to like us mattered the voter would already have decided to go with the French Looking Candidate.
Risk? Well if you believe Zogby, he is on the ropes, right? Well, if he truly is behind then playing it safe won't help. What does he have to lose if he's already lost according to Zogby? Bush should be going for broke, making news, kicking butt and seizing the offense.
MONKEY MUFFINS!
"The trip is a risky gambit because I don't think he's going to come home with much" in foreign policy accomplishments.
The vast majority of sane Americans don't expect any changes in the Frogs or the Krauts, or even the useless UN for that matter. It's only Zogby's wet dream.
Prairie
And how does Reuters plan to shore up their battered image?
Oh, now John Zogby has become a political commentator! Gee whiz, I thought he was a pollster! Shucks, he neither a commentaor or a pollster! He's an unabashed butt licker for John Kerry and the "traitor" Democrat party! His polling from here on in is useless!
"traditional allies like France and Germany"
They broke that tradition, the hell with them.
It also gives him a chance to mark the 60th anniversary! Sheesh.
And you can bet there won't be any towels and bathrobes disappearing into White House personnel suitcases as they did when America's First Black President and his band of grifters were over there for the 50th anniversary.