Peter Daou on Bush at 39%: “Like something out of Greek mythology, three women have brought Bush to his (figurative) knees: Valerie, Cindy, and Katrina. The first was betrayed, the second’s son had his trust betrayed, the third brought an ill wind that betrayed the rot at the core of a political philosophy that wants to ‘drown government in a bathtub.’”…
Cenk, one of the very funny hosts from the Young Turks radio show, points out that Clinton’s approval rating when he was impeached is exactly double what Bush’s is right now. 72% vs. 36%. Cenk calls those “pre-coup” numbers. I like that. In other words, let’s stop talking about how much the common man likes George W. Bush. We don’t….
Frank Luntz’s strategy for the Republicans opens with this stunnner: So how does a President with a national job approval rating hovering at 50%, an economy that lost more than a million jobs over his four years in office, a war that has cost more than a thousand American lives and counting, $50 a barrel for oil, and a national mood that is downright sour still secure more than enough votes to win re-election? And what does it portend for the Republican Party in 2006? The answer? Credibility. George W. Bush had it. John Kerry did not. Credibility!? Luntz has…
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