I think he has gotten to the point where he no longer cares about public opinion. He is a lame duck and Cheney won't run. As far as the party goes, the current Republican front-runner afaik is McCain, who is already positioning himself as the ant-Bush...
But yes, I think you are right about the next campaign season... > Bush's team seems to have become totally politically inept in the > second term. I expect more of the President's staff. Maybe the > distraction over the Valerie Plame leak case- Scooter Libby out the > door, Karl Rove under a cloud- has crippled them, but can't they find > anyone better than whoever it is that has gotten them into this mess? > Karen Hughes and Mary Matalin leaving really hurt them, too, but come > on! Are the people left total amateurs or what? All they have to do is > read the blogs and news columns and watch the news shows to get a feel > for what people are thinking and saying. If they are doing all of that > (which I assume they must be), their conduct is totally incompetent. > > Add to that the fact that the Republican "revolution" seems to have > run out of steam, the Democrats have zero ideas for anything, and > public respect for Congress and the Presidency is very low, and we > have the makings of an ugly campaign season coming up. > > >IMO, as usual, Bush handled this like crap. First his people > could've > >brought this forward before it became public and second, he could've > >pulled congress in a room before this dropped onto the press plate. > >Now it's a geo-political firestorm that will have far reaching > >consequences. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199590 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
