Bush and repubs have their work cut out for Nov

[TraumaRN]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/26/bush.poll/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A majority of Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate in November's congressional elections who opposes President Bush, and 58 percent consider his second term a failure so far, according to a poll released Thursday.

Fewer people consider Bush to be honest and trustworthy now than did a year ago, and 53 percent said they believe his administration deliberately misled the public about Iraq's purported weapons program before the U.S. invasion in 2003, the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found.

Reading through the whole article it sounds like the right has their work cut out for them, IF and only IF the left take advantage of this and campaigns on solid ideas, either way it's going to be an interesting next 10 months.

Discuss.

 

[jlmadyson]

Originally posted by: DeathBUA
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/26/bush.poll/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A majority of Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate in November's congressional elections who opposes President Bush, and 58 percent consider his second term a failure so far, according to a poll released Thursday.

Fewer people consider Bush to be honest and trustworthy now than did a year ago, and 53 percent said they believe his administration deliberately misled the public about Iraq's purported weapons program before the U.S. invasion in 2003, the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found.

Reading through the whole article it sounds like the right has their work cut out for them, IF and only IF the left take advantage of this and campaigns on solid ideas, either way it's going to be an interesting next 10 months.

Discuss.

Yea, heard all the polls before and how wrong they were in 2004. But, we have had are worked cut out in 2000, 2002 and 2004. RNC has the 31 mill on hand atm while the Dems have 5.5 we got a jump start here so we will see.

 

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: jlmadyson

Originally posted by: DeathBUA
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/26/bush.poll/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A majority of Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate in November's congressional elections who opposes President Bush, and 58 percent consider his second term a failure so far, according to a poll released Thursday.

Fewer people consider Bush to be honest and trustworthy now than did a year ago, and 53 percent said they believe his administration deliberately misled the public about Iraq's purported weapons program before the U.S. invasion in 2003, the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found.

Reading through the whole article it sounds like the right has their work cut out for them, IF and only IF the left take advantage of this and campaigns on solid ideas, either way it's going to be an interesting next 10 months.

Discuss.

Yea, heard all the polls before and how wrong they were in 2004. But, we have had are worked cut out in 2000, 2002 and 2004. RNC has the 31 mill on hand atm while the Dems have 5.5 we got a jump start here so we will see.

Sad in supposedly the most democratic country in the world...elections are won by money .

 

[jlmadyson]

Originally posted by: RichardE

Originally posted by: jlmadyson

Originally posted by: DeathBUA
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/26/bush.poll/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A majority of Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate in November's congressional elections who opposes President Bush, and 58 percent consider his second term a failure so far, according to a poll released Thursday.

Fewer people consider Bush to be honest and trustworthy now than did a year ago, and 53 percent said they believe his administration deliberately misled the public about Iraq's purported weapons program before the U.S. invasion in 2003, the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found.

Reading through the whole article it sounds like the right has their work cut out for them, IF and only IF the left take advantage of this and campaigns on solid ideas, either way it's going to be an interesting next 10 months.

Discuss.

Yea, heard all the polls before and how wrong they were in 2004. But, we have had are worked cut out in 2000, 2002 and 2004. RNC has the 31 mill on hand atm while the Dems have 5.5 we got a jump start here so we will see.

Sad in supposedly the most democratic country in the world...elections are won by money .

Well, getting out your message is a part of a campaign process and yea you do need funds to do that.

 

[stateofbeasley]

I'm hoping that the libertarians will make some headway at the local level. Its time to take a powerhose to wash out the scum that is the Republican party.

Originally posted by: DeathBUA
Reading through the whole article it sounds like the right has their work cut out for them, IF and only IF the left take advantage of this and campaigns on solid ideas, either way it's going to be an interesting next 10 months.

Discuss.

 

[ajf3]

Thats AGES away... only the events in Aug, Sept, Oct will have bearing on the elections...

 

[Strk]

Originally posted by: jlmadyson

Originally posted by: RichardE

Originally posted by: jlmadyson

Originally posted by: DeathBUA
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/26/bush.poll/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A majority of Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate in November's congressional elections who opposes President Bush, and 58 percent consider his second term a failure so far, according to a poll released Thursday.

Fewer people consider Bush to be honest and trustworthy now than did a year ago, and 53 percent said they believe his administration deliberately misled the public about Iraq's purported weapons program before the U.S. invasion in 2003, the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found.

Reading through the whole article it sounds like the right has their work cut out for them, IF and only IF the left take advantage of this and campaigns on solid ideas, either way it's going to be an interesting next 10 months.

Discuss.

Yea, heard all the polls before and how wrong they were in 2004. But, we have had are worked cut out in 2000, 2002 and 2004. RNC has the 31 mill on hand atm while the Dems have 5.5 we got a jump start here so we will see.

Sad in supposedly the most democratic country in the world...elections are won by money .

Well, getting out your message is a part of a campaign process and yea you do need funds to do that.

Too bad it's less about getting your message out and more attack the other guy. If you don't stand for anything, just attack the other guy!

 

[jlmadyson]

Originally posted by: Strk

Originally posted by: jlmadyson

Originally posted by: RichardE

Originally posted by: jlmadyson

Originally posted by: DeathBUA
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/26/bush.poll/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A majority of Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate in November's congressional elections who opposes President Bush, and 58 percent consider his second term a failure so far, according to a poll released Thursday.

Fewer people consider Bush to be honest and trustworthy now than did a year ago, and 53 percent said they believe his administration deliberately misled the public about Iraq's purported weapons program before the U.S. invasion in 2003, the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found.

Reading through the whole article it sounds like the right has their work cut out for them, IF and only IF the left take advantage of this and campaigns on solid ideas, either way it's going to be an interesting next 10 months.

Discuss.

Yea, heard all the polls before and how wrong they were in 2004. But, we have had are worked cut out in 2000, 2002 and 2004. RNC has the 31 mill on hand atm while the Dems have 5.5 we got a jump start here so we will see.

Sad in supposedly the most democratic country in the world...elections are won by money .

Well, getting out your message is a part of a campaign process and yea you do need funds to do that.

Too bad it's less about getting your message out and more attack the other guy. If you don't stand for anything, just attack the other guy!

Yes, heard it all too many times.

 

[Starbuck1975]

I'm hoping that the libertarians will make some headway at the local level. Its time to take a powerhose to wash out the scum that is the Republican party.

Interesting post...while I believe that it is time to purge the Bush Administration and Republican stranglehold over the federal government, I don't think the Democrats are much better.

Our country is in desperate need of a third party...the Libertarians really need to consolidate their resources behind viable candidates who do not appear or come across as fringe politicians.

 

[Meuge]

Originally posted by: DeathBUA
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/26/bush.poll/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A majority of Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate in November's congressional elections who opposes President Bush, and 58 percent consider his second term a failure so far, according to a poll released Thursday.

Fewer people consider Bush to be honest and trustworthy now than did a year ago, and 53 percent said they believe his administration deliberately misled the public about Iraq's purported weapons program before the U.S. invasion in 2003, the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found.

Reading through the whole article it sounds like the right has their work cut out for them, IF and only IF the left take advantage of this and campaigns on solid ideas, either way it's going to be an interesting next 10 months.

Discuss.

Since when did the opinions of the peons concern the wannabe patricians? Frankly, I see little opportunity to turn the tide at this point.

 

[conjur]

Don't worry. The Rovian ploy of bringing same-sex marriage bans onto state ballots or even as a US Constitutional Amendment will rear its ugly head again and pull out the Jesus freaks and other pseudo-Christians to the polling places.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Starbuck1975

I'm hoping that the libertarians will make some headway at the local level. Its time to take a powerhose to wash out the scum that is the Republican party.

Interesting post...while I believe that it is time to purge the Bush Administration and Republican stranglehold over the federal government, I don't think the Democrats are much better.

Our country is in desperate need of a third party...the Libertarians really need to consolidate their resources behind viable candidates who do not appear or come across as fringe politicians.

That's the trouble with the Libertarian party. The diehard Libertarians come off as just as radical as the current state of the GOP. They're really not much different from the Norquist mentality.

 

[Engineer]

With polls like this (58% think Bush 2nd term a failure)...I wonder if the republicans will even try to ride his coat tails in 2006.

Then again, conjur might be right and they might pull a wedge issue from Rove's @ss.

 

[jjzelinski]

Originally posted by: Engineer
With polls like this (58% think Bush 2nd term a failure)...I wonder if the republicans will even try to ride his coat tails in 2006.

Then again, conjur might be right and they might pull a wedge issue from Rove's @ss.

Actually they've already formulized and implemented their strategy for the next 2 years; "yeah we're bad but the whiny, snot nozed girly-man liberals are no better." It's working quite well even now.

It's so pathetically childish that it's literally destined to work

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Engineer
With polls like this (58% think Bush 2nd term a failure)...I wonder if the republicans will even try to ride his coat tails in 2006.

Then again, conjur might be right and they might pull a wedge issue from Rove's @ss.

Right on cue:

GOP to force Federal Marriage Amendment vote in 2006
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Republicans_will_try_to_bring_Federal_0127.html

A Republican effort to ban gay marriage nationwide will be returned to the Senate floor in 2006, RAW STORY has learned.

The Marriage Protection Amendment was originally introduced by Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) in 2003, and leveraged as a wedge issue by the GOP during the 2004 election cycle as a way of mobilizing its base to vote against same-sex marriage.

Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO), a co-sponsor of the 2005 joint resolution, has confirmed that Senate Majority leader Bill Frist (R- TN) will attempt to bring the controversial legislation to the floor this year for a full vote.

"Senator Bill Frist has indicated he will try to bring the Marriage Protection Amendment to a full vote again this year," Allard spokeswoman Angela de Rocha told RAW STORY. "Senator Allard believes that a constitutional amendment is the best way to make it crystal clear that marriage is between a man and a woman."

Here come the Fristians. One part of the unholy trinity that's converged in the US.

 

[Uhtrinity]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Engineer
With polls like this (58% think Bush 2nd term a failure)...I wonder if the republicans will even try to ride his coat tails in 2006.

Then again, conjur might be right and they might pull a wedge issue from Rove's @ss.

Right on cue:

GOP to force Federal Marriage Amendment vote in 2006
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Republicans_will_try_to_bring_Federal_0127.html

A Republican effort to ban gay marriage nationwide will be returned to the Senate floor in 2006, RAW STORY has learned.

The Marriage Protection Amendment was originally introduced by Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) in 2003, and leveraged as a wedge issue by the GOP during the 2004 election cycle as a way of mobilizing its base to vote against same-sex marriage.

Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO), a co-sponsor of the 2005 joint resolution, has confirmed that Senate Majority leader Bill Frist (R- TN) will attempt to bring the controversial legislation to the floor this year for a full vote.

"Senator Bill Frist has indicated he will try to bring the Marriage Protection Amendment to a full vote again this year," Allard spokeswoman Angela de Rocha told RAW STORY. "Senator Allard believes that a constitutional amendment is the best way to make it crystal clear that marriage is between a man and a woman."

Here come the Fristians. One part of the unholy trinity that's converged in the US.

Funny how this is only an issue on an election year. People vote strictly on preceived hot topics then wonder why we get stuck the politicians we have.

 

[conjur]

It's not new. They did it in 2004 and every election since around the time of Reagan. It's amazing how these sheep don't realize they're being used by greedy, power-hungry asshats like Ralph Reed (who's been quoted as saying such), Rove, and a gang of neoconservatives. They will keep using this as a means to keep the GOP in power as that keeps certain other neoconservatives in power and able to keep creating more boogeymen (Soviet Russia, "Al Qaeda", who knows what's next)

 

[bctbct]

Originally posted by: ajf3
Thats AGES away... only the events in Aug, Sept, Oct will have bearing on the elections...

No doubt, look for security threats, gays marriage, purple heart bashing, abortion, Osama and Iranian yellow cakes during these months.

 

[Uhtrinity]

Originally posted by: conjur
It's not new. They did it in 2004 and every election since around the time of Reagan. It's amazing how these sheep don't realize they're being used by greedy, power-hungry asshats like Ralph Reed (who's been quoted as saying such), Rove, and a gang of neoconservatives. They will keep using this as a means to keep the GOP in power as that keeps certain other neoconservatives in power and able to keep creating more boogeymen (Soviet Russia, "Al Qaeda", who knows what's next)

I didn't say it was new and totally agree. We have a local conservative talk show that is run by two women (strong christians) and you would swear the only two topics they care about are abortion, and state fiscal responsibility (the second one seems to be a far second). Funny how they constantly mention how much they love Santorum and his moral stance on abortion and would like to see him run as president. But you never hear about the scandals unless it's bringing up the people Clinton murdered.

 

[Polish3d]

Originally posted by: Starbuck1975

the Libertarians really need to consolidate their resources behind viable candidates who do not appear or come across as fringe politicians.

 

[conjur]

Santorum's in deep trouble. From what I've seen, Casey stands a good chance of winning. Sure as hell hope so. Otherwise, Santorum will give in to one particular special interest who's donated to him and we'll see an end to publicly available (free) forecasts and warnings from the National Weather Service.

IMO, yank the tax-exempt status of any church or religious organization that does anything other than preach about its religion.

 

[Polish3d]

Originally posted by: Uhtrinity

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Engineer
With polls like this (58% think Bush 2nd term a failure)...I wonder if the republicans will even try to ride his coat tails in 2006.

Then again, conjur might be right and they might pull a wedge issue from Rove's @ss.

Right on cue:

GOP to force Federal Marriage Amendment vote in 2006
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Republicans_will_try_to_bring_Federal_0127.html

A Republican effort to ban gay marriage nationwide will be returned to the Senate floor in 2006, RAW STORY has learned.

The Marriage Protection Amendment was originally introduced by Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) in 2003, and leveraged as a wedge issue by the GOP during the 2004 election cycle as a way of mobilizing its base to vote against same-sex marriage.

Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO), a co-sponsor of the 2005 joint resolution, has confirmed that Senate Majority leader Bill Frist (R- TN) will attempt to bring the controversial legislation to the floor this year for a full vote.

"Senator Bill Frist has indicated he will try to bring the Marriage Protection Amendment to a full vote again this year," Allard spokeswoman Angela de Rocha told RAW STORY. "Senator Allard believes that a constitutional amendment is the best way to make it crystal clear that marriage is between a man and a woman."

Here come the Fristians. One part of the unholy trinity that's converged in the US.

Funny how this is only an issue on an election year. People vote strictly on preceived hot topics then wonder why we get stuck the politicians we have.

Gotta agree with you there... pretty stupid