Bush Is Now A Lame Duck
>The great impulse of the punditocracy right now is to look at President Bush's swelling problems with the public and his party in the context of the elections coming up in November and then in 2008. Big mistake.
Short of another disaster on the scale of 9/11, George Bush no longer has the power, credibility or ability to effectively govern for the rest of his term in office. Contrary to what you hear on television, governing remains more important than campaigning. Government is more important than elections — to the extent the two can be differentiated anymore.
Bush's realm of efficacy will be limited to areas where he can make unilateral decisions, mostly in war and foreign policy. The tax cuts that oozed through Congress last week may well be his last "significant" piece of domestic legislation; I put quotations around significant because they are, in fact temporary. The entire menu of Bush tax tinkering is set to expire in 2010
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posted by EAPrez @ 12:58 AM
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4 Comments:
I often wonder to myself whether or not another disaster (knock on wood) occurring would help or hinder Bush.
After all, their only claim to fame on national security issues is that we haven't been attacked on our home soil in almost 5 years...
Never mind that the time span between the '93 WTC bombing and 9/11 was 8 years...
Anyway, the only claim to fame they have now is an absence of an attack. Another one would be tough to weasel out of. While he was near 90% after 9/11, I think he would be thrown out of office were we to be attacked again.
I think in the immediate aftermath people would rally around the prez out of fear - and these guys are good at playing on that - long term I think Repubs would loose their 'tough on defense' trump card. I don't understand why they haven't already lost it since 9/11 happened on their watch.
all the woes of George's economic fuktardery will hit the next president right in the middle of his term. Perfect for rallying short sighted Republicans for the next election.
fucktardery? ROFL!!!!!
I LOVE it. Absolutely love it.
I have to craft a post around that.
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