Bush's Fortune May Rest With GOP Congress

[NVMojo]

WASHINTON (AP) -
President Bush is not on the ballot in November, but he might as well be. Republican losses could make an already difficult situation in Congress almost untenable for him.

If his party loses control of one, or both chambers of Congress, the next two years could be a political nightmare for Bush and his GOP allies on Capitol Hill.

With poll numbers at the lowest of his presidency, Bush has had trouble enough winning support for his priorities in his second term even with a Republican-led Congress. That helped lead to a recent reshuffling of the White House staff.

A Democratic House or Senate and presidential stubbornness could spell legislative gridlock.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-cong/2006/apr/26/042606232.html

[wryter2000]

1. Master of understatement

Legislative gridlock? Purchase a clue. The Congress wouldn't get anything done but investigate Boosh and his crimes. I'm going to buy stock in the :popcorn: concession.

[shanti]

13. watch and see

i don't think he'll EVER "let" this happen.

[FloridaPat]

2. * fortune is not tied up in congress unless impeachment proceedings

find out where he stashed the money he's stealing is. He and/or his family is making big bucks on this fiasco somehow.

[NVMojo]

12. I agree, there's got to be a place they are using to hide the $$$

[MiniMe]

16. Oversight would be a nightmare in itself for the administration

And no more rubber stamps. We have to start somewhere, and taking 1 or both chambers is where we have to start.

[MGKrebs]

3. Maybe he would have to go into exile.

Who would take him?

[AnneD]

10. The Saudias...

are known for taking wealthy bad boys (Idi Amine, etc).

[madrchsod]

4. i`d say it rests with the ladies and gentlemen

that are sitting in a grand jury room today.

[MsLeopard]

5. Don't Worry

Diebold and ES&S will ride to the rescue - public sentiment be damned.

[MGKrebs]

7. Are you making a prediction?

[MsLeopard]

11. Well, I suppose I'm predicting

they will use the same methods used for the past three elections - suppress Democratic votes, flip electronic voting machines in Democratic districts, stuff absentee ballots boxes. I mean, I keep wondering if the reason someone like Katherine Harris, or Santorum for that matter, stay in races where even their own party wants them out, is because they know the fix is in. In Harris' case, she has lots of dirt on the Bush Crime Family, so I think it's not unreasonable to consider that her payback will be a fixed election. They are so brazen, it seems like something they would do.

[LiberalEsto]

6. We've had 5 years of nightmare

It would only be fair for * to take his turn.

[against all enemies]

8. DUH

[cliss]

9. They're sweating....

Oh, how I love to see them sweat....look at Don Rumsfailed today on Yahoo news. The old coot is scrambling to look good. In desperation, he flies over to Iraq to shake hands with the new PM, Mr. Al-Maliki. Amazing thing, though, Mr. Maliki is an ally of Muqtada Al Sadr...

Now, the Diebold thing is by no means a "done deal". They know they can only win in a "dead heat". If the results are really skewed, they're done for. Because Americans will smell a rat, and it's going to be the French Revolution here in the good Old Us of A.

I'm willing to be the approval ratings don't justify a "dead heat" either so they'd better be scrambling.

[Dulcinea]

14. The midterms are more important than 2008 right now.

If the Dems win either the House or the Senate, they can stop the neocon wet dream in its tracks.

[okoboji]

15. "Dems can stop the neocon........."

only if the Dems unite together and grow a set

[tanyev]

17. One person's nightmare is another person's fantasy.

:bounce::bounce: