...If Forbes gets out of the race this week, it will make McCain's hill a bit steeper to climb in South Carolina, |
Departments didn't talk to departments, agencies didn't talk to agencies, and then, once the news reached the White House, the White House didn't think to talk to Congress. It's almost unprecedented. |
Having their fingers burned, they're being more active in making sure the Hill knows. |
He hasn't been at odds with a lot of Texans on immigration. |
He's learned that the election is over - and now he's free to acknowledge that course change doesn't necessarily mean a mistake. |
He's probably the poster child for that. |
I certainly hope this is as bad as it gets. I hope this is the nadir of the last three months. |
I would be shocked if a legitimate Republican candidate, not just a fringe candidate, who got word that the president was coming to do a fundraiser, said, 'No, don't come to my district. |
I would be surprised to see the White House scaling back on anything. That would be an admission they are operating from a position of weakness. |
I'm surprised it's not even worse, ... beginning to scratch their heads. |
I've been hoping for a year that he had hit bottom and was moving up. But the bottom kept moving. |
If any Democrat campaigns against them by saying they are Bush clones, they can say, 'Oh yeah? What about the Dubai ports deal? For most members, they have established as much distance from the president as they need. |
If the president vetoes it, I believe – based on my e-mails from members of Congress – the veto will be overridden. |
It just sounds like it was amateur hour. |
Republicans are not so angry at the president that they want to vote for the other guy. They just stayed home, |