Is Bush Now On A Roll?
A piece in Knight-Ridder Newspapers makes some of the same points were have made here in our posts on the killing of terrorist bigwig Zarqawi and the news today that White House political guru Karl Rove won’t be indicted:
The [Rove] developments added to the optimism that swept through the White House after last week’s slaying of terrorist chief Abu Musab al Zarqawi in Iraq and the completion of a new Iraqi government.In addition, a Republican won the June 6 special election to fill the San Diego congressional seat left vacant by former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham’s bribery conviction, reviving hope among Republicans that congressional elections in November may not doom them. Bush’s recent appointments of Josh Bolten as White House chief of staff and Henry Paulson as treasury secretary also won widespread praise.
“All of a sudden the clouds broke and the sun started to shine,” said Ed Gillespie, a former Republican Party chairman. “After six months of thunderstorms and rain it feels pretty good.”
How long the good days will last for the president is another question.
“He’s had a spate of good news,” said Paul Light, a public policy professor at New York University. “But there has to be the recognition that time is running out. That’s the nature of the political clock.”
Democrats scoffed at suggestions that Bush was rebounding.
“These few developments – and for instance, the Zarqawi one is one I welcome – don’t remove the cloud of incompetence that is over the administration’s head,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., the head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. “I don’t think the administration can really recover until they change their entire way of operating, bring in people who are not ideologues or cronies but rather care about competently running the government; begin to reach out in a bipartisan way.”
If the Bush team is not yet totally back in stride, they do seem to be getting up from a series of huge fumbles. And, as always, they will go on the offensive (Rove already has). Are the Democrats prepared to (a) offer a specific alternative, (b) be ready to answer any and all Rove/GOP charges or new political offensives quickly?
Some people see the handwriting on the wall; the Democrats often act as if they not only can’t see the handwriting on the wall but they don’t see the wall as it falls down on them. Will 2006 be different?
UPDATE: Another take on this from The Heretik.
6 Responses to “Is Bush Now On A Roll?”
Is Bush Now On A Roll?
Yeah with butter and jelly…now if we can just find a cannibal………….”Mission Accomplished!”
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Joe, I think we’re wathincg a Democratic part that is not just content to wait for the wall to fall on them; instead, they’re actively digging at the base.
Bush is rolling alright. Right off a cliff and dragging us along with him.
Some people see the handwriting on the wall; the Democrats often act as if they not only can’t see the handwriting on the wall but they don’t see the wall as it falls down on them.
Joe, I think we’re wathincg a Democratic part that is not just content to wait for the wall to fall on them; instead, they’re actively digging at the base.
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Ya know you guys apparently have forgotten the Democrats were in control of the congress for over half of last century.
You also apparently of the belief that the right wing and the fascist extremists of right wing are going to stay in control permanently.
I conclude two things..either you genius’ know something nobody else in the universe does and/or prepare yourselves for big disappointments possibly as soon as this coming November.
Fellas…the one thing I’ve learned about U S voters over the past forty plus years, is that when it comes to politics, political parties, and political choices, they are as fickle as two old maids on a teeter totter trying to decide which one of them entered menopause first.
Politics is like sex…up n down, in n out, side to side, love n hate, on top n on bottom….etc. etc. ad infinitum, and always will be in this nation or until its defeat or second revolution..
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Damn Bush.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Thank you for the warm welcome. Thought I’d stop in to say “hello.” (Laughter and applause.)
Laughter and applause is back. Great good times in the war zone. Bush dropped by Baghdad unanno…
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The media bandwagon effect is in high form today, with several articles out on the “things are looking up for Bush” meme.
Spate of Good News Gives White House a Chance to Regroup – Peter Baker, WaPo, p. A1
In a White House that had virtuall…