Even Tom DeLay wants nothing to do with George. Says that George will make him look bad.
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‘These numbers are scary,’ GOP pollster says as Democrats eye opportunity

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Updated: 9:45 a.m. ET April 7, 2006
WASHINGTON - President Bush’s approval ratings hit a series of new lows in an AP-Ipsos poll that also shows Republicans surrendering their advantage on national security — grim election-year news for a party struggling to stay in power.

Democratic leaders predicted they will seize control of one or both chambers of Congress in November. Republicans said they feared the worst unless the political landscape quickly changes.

“These numbers are scary. We’ve lost every advantage we’ve ever had,” GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio said. “The good news is Democrats don’t have much of a plan. The bad news is they may not need one.”

There is more at stake than the careers of GOP lawmakers. A Democratic-led Congress could bury the last vestiges of Bush’s legislative agenda and subject the administration to high-profile investigations of the Iraq war, the CIA leak case, warrantless eavesdropping and other matters.

In the past two congressional elections, Republicans gained seats on the strength of Bush’s popularity and a perception among voters that the GOP was stronger on national security than Democrats.

Those advantages are gone, according to a survey of 1,003 adults conducted this week for The Associated Press by Ipsos, an international polling firm.

Just 36 percent of the public approves of Bush’s job performance, his lowest-ever rating in AP-Ipsos polling. By contrast, the president’s job approval rating was 47 percent among likely voters just before Election Day 2004 and a whopping 64 percent among registered voters in October 2002.
Only 40 percent of the public approves of Bush’s performance on foreign policy and the war on terror, another low-water mark for his presidency. That’s down 9 points from a year ago. Just before the 2002 election, 64 percent of registered voters backed Bush on terror and foreign policy.
Just 35 percent of the public approves of Bush’s handling of Iraq, his lowest in AP-Ipsos polling.
“He’s in over his head,” said Diane Heller, 65, a Pleasant Valley, N.Y., real estate broker and independent voter.

DeLay is the man right now. He knows he is screwed, is resigning, and has no future whatsoever in politics. He can say whatever pops into his head without any fear of repercusion. I believe that he recently refered to someone as a racist. Probably because she changed her hairstyle.

and being seen as obstructors historically, maybe self preservation will force them to act

“These numbers are scary. We’ve lost every advantage we’ve ever had,” GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio said. “The good news is Democrats don’t have much of a plan. The bad news is they may not need one.”

We'll see. Give 'em enough rope.

And I think this poll was taken before yesterday's Scooter Libby "Bush told me to do it" revelations. Just think of how low W's numbers are now.

And that would be the fact that the Democrats are a punch of half wits who can't figure out how to get any traction on the lengthening list of scandels and screw ups of the right.

I give you...

I like this one too....

"Just think of how low W's numbers are now."
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Yeah, well she probably is a racist.

We'll see. Give 'em enough rope.

thanks..the board has been short on Clash references today....:cool:

the problem is that these are hypothetical situations. when it comes down to it, on election day, voters are faced with voting for their republican incumbent, or an unknown democrat challenger. and what'll happen is that they re-elect their republican incumbent, cause "he's a good guy, it's all those other ones that are crooks".

repeat over 50 states, and there's little change at all.

thanks..the board has been short on Clash references today....:cool:


I'll take any excuse to use a Clash reference. But seriously, when I say "we'll see" and "give 'em enough rope" I really mean it. They've been a theme for my position on this whole sordid state of affairs for quite a while now.

They say the Democratic Party stands for nothing but as Senator Barack Obama inferred recently maybe the real problem with the Democratic Party is that it stands for everything. Maybe it's time for the Democratic Party to get in touch with the concept of less is more. Not nothing is more but less is more. On the other hand, the Republicans just might win the next election for Democratic at this rate. We'll see; give 'em enough rope.

the problem is that these are hypothetical situations. when it comes down to it, on election day, voters are faced with voting for their republican incumbent, or an unknown democrat challenger. and what'll happen is that they re-elect their republican incumbent, cause "he's a good guy, it's all those other ones that are crooks".

repeat over 50 states, and there's little change at all.


...and that's the other half of why I often say, "we'll see". As I've said before, we have a Soviet like tendency to re-elect the incumbents in this country. The possibility of this trend holding true this fall is a freightening prospect.