You make a strong point. Why should the dems hand Bush a victory when his approval ratings are 39% and the country seems to think he's headed in the wrong direction? It's in their interest to roast Harriet to a cinder and doom her candidacy. All this with the gleeful connivance of the MSM. (Our own Greek chorus who will start the evening news with Harriet's misery, then switch to the latest Rove/Plame nonsense, and then collateral political damage of recent hurricanes and whatever manufactured scandal they can think of.)
I'd be surprised if Bush's ratings don't hit the cellar before this is done, and it may reverberate well into '06 and '08. Add to this the NY subway terror and the Oklahoma bomb, the latter hastily covered up by the feds, and voters could be excused for losing patience with George...especially of even one of the subway terrorists sneaked into the US over the Mexican border.
The Presidency is the hardest job in the world, and the truth is Bush has been hit with more horror and tragedy than most. Let's hope his poker expertise hasn't deserted him.
Precisely. From their perspective this isn't the time to get all nice and collegial and senatorial procedural. It's time to reach for the saw toothed dagger. Bush is wounded. This is the time to close in for the kill. Hillary leading the charge against Bush's "unqualified crony" nominee will seal centrist rejection of Miers and win her the love of the left activist base.