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. |