That and other questions lead to the obvious conclusion that they're not sure they're doing anything positive over there anymore. When it comes to the leadership, there seems to be a disconnect.
That's what makes this story so ironic. I guess you can't have it both ways.
The administration had a dream, and it's achieved its dream. It wanted this to be all about Iraq, and it is.
The breadth and depth of the Home Depot victory over Lowe's is pretty substantial,
The president has managed to do early in his second term what his father did in just one term: go from record-high approval numbers in the aftermath of 9/11 to his present numbers.
The president went into last week wounded, and he came out of last week just battered. He claimed to have political capital going into his second term, but I think that capital is virtually gone.
The results seems to be a matter of memory. We asked people to name the century's best male and female singers and for some their memories didn't extend back more than a decade or a year.
These are the key domestic issues that voters are thinking about, and they want some action, so Bush was right to address them.
These days, political ideologies are almost genetic. Plus, we are exposed to political messages meant to provoke a specific emotional reaction, designed to make you want to 'buy' politics, like a car or toothpaste. That comes into play, too.
This could and should have been a 24-hour story – an unfortunate accident. But now I'm not sure that the vice president's appearance (on Fox) on Wednesday, four days after this has fermented, is going to make this go away.
This is a supreme test of Bush's leadership at a time when resources are thin and his approval ratings are perilously low.
This is a wounded president right now. He doesn't have public opinion at his back. He can't ask too much of Congress because they are already worried about their own re-election.
Those scenes are not going to go away. Bush can recover a bit through damage control but those early impressions could be devastating for him and could hurt his party.
Those who nurture children have a special problem with guns when children are the victims, and that's really why guns are an issue in the last two years.
to be used by non-incumbents against incumbents who voted for it.
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