time to step up, dems.
This is telling about both the president's inept handling of the Katrina aftermath as well as the shear ineptness of the Democratic leadership. FromSalon.com's War Room:
...maybe Bush and Cheney should get out more. They might be surprised by what they see. A new Zogby Poll out today has just 41 percent of the public approving of Bush's job performance -- an all-time low for that poll. Zogby asked Americans how they'd vote in hypothetical match-ups between Bush and candidates from the past. The president would still beat John Kerry by a within-the-margin-of-error percentage point, but he'd lose to every recent president -- including Jimmy Carter and his own father. Read more. (site pass required)
This is a very telling statement about Kerry's handlers, really. The Bush approval ratings are predictable. That doesn't minimize what it means, compared to his approval ratings just after 9/11. I simply find it a more telling stat that he's still beat John Kerry!
This illustrates how badly Bob Shrum and Terry McAuliffe screwed things up last year. They articulated no grassroots message for the senator from Massachusetts. None. And it still shows, if a guy who's screwing up as often and as badly as Bush still beats your guy.
This is why the Democrats can't play that chickenshit nonsense of sitting on the sidelines while the Republicans flail and founder. Everybody loves a comeback story, dontcha know? If the Dems want to win in the mid-terms, they better put the pressure on and put the pressure on hard.
Otherwise we'll continue to claim moral victory on the backs of nearly meaningless Zogby polls.
...maybe Bush and Cheney should get out more. They might be surprised by what they see. A new Zogby Poll out today has just 41 percent of the public approving of Bush's job performance -- an all-time low for that poll. Zogby asked Americans how they'd vote in hypothetical match-ups between Bush and candidates from the past. The president would still beat John Kerry by a within-the-margin-of-error percentage point, but he'd lose to every recent president -- including Jimmy Carter and his own father. Read more. (site pass required)
This is a very telling statement about Kerry's handlers, really. The Bush approval ratings are predictable. That doesn't minimize what it means, compared to his approval ratings just after 9/11. I simply find it a more telling stat that he's still beat John Kerry!
This illustrates how badly Bob Shrum and Terry McAuliffe screwed things up last year. They articulated no grassroots message for the senator from Massachusetts. None. And it still shows, if a guy who's screwing up as often and as badly as Bush still beats your guy.
This is why the Democrats can't play that chickenshit nonsense of sitting on the sidelines while the Republicans flail and founder. Everybody loves a comeback story, dontcha know? If the Dems want to win in the mid-terms, they better put the pressure on and put the pressure on hard.
Otherwise we'll continue to claim moral victory on the backs of nearly meaningless Zogby polls.
