GOP says Bush "needs a quick turnaround" to save his "agenda"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's mounting political woes extend far beyond Hurricane Katrina's fallout, with high gas prices, low public confidence and growing opposition to the Iraq war rivaling the storm controversy as long-term threats. Bush's approval rating, battered in the last few weeks by criticism over a slow and ineffectual early response to the storm, was slumping well before the hurricane ravaged the U.S. Gulf Coast, pollsters said.

"It's a mistake to assume that somehow this is a short-term problem caused by Katrina. This is just a continuation of the track he's been on since January," said Frank Newport, editor in chief of the Gallup poll. Bush's slide in the polls has been driven by deepening doubts about the Iraq war and pessimism about the economy, the two issues consistently chosen by voters as the most important to them, he said.

Bush's political problems could be compounded by powerful Hurricane Rita, which is bearing down on the Texas coast and expected to send gas prices soaring again, and another vacancy on the Supreme Court that could spark a nasty political fight. Given his weakened position, some Republicans say, Bush needs a quick turnaround to save legislative priorities like the overhaul of
Social Security, tax cut extensions and repeal of the estate tax.

"In terms of defining this presidency, the next several months are critical," said Republican pollster David Winston, adding that Bush needs to show real progress on the economy, the Iraq War and the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast. "All three represent significant challenges. All three could go the wrong way for him, or all three could go the right way," Winston said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050922/pl_nm/bush_politics_dc

[villager]

1. oh, they won't go the "right" way.

At least, not the way most of humanity defines "right."

[Arkana]

2. Of course. With Rita bearing down on Texas, the economy in

shambles, New Orleans in ruins (and its people displaced), and the Iraq War a quagmire of unimaginable proportions, it's most important for Bushtard to "fix" his "agenda." :grr:

[Rowdyboy]

3. The "agenda" remains...We must gut SS, slash the estate tax and make

the tax cuts to the rich permanent. We must secure our legacy!

Jesus, these guys must live in some weird, alternative universe.

[Mountainman]

4. Well Bush needs the MSM to start putting out success stories about Iraq

and more stories about how the economy is booming. They are both lies but enough people will believe them to change his luck.

Maybe Rim Job should have a lot of porta pottie rallies in support of our troops and the war against the swarthy peoples of the Middle East who want to kill all of us.

[Kurovski]

5. And sending him off to a drunk tank couldn't hurt neither.

[Cha]

6. Banish bush to

Betty Ford.

[Kurovski]

7. That would make an excellent poster for this Saturday's protest.

:thumbsup:

[hippiegranny]

8. could these zipper heads BE any more out of touch?

>legislative PRIORITIES like the overhaul of
Social Security, tax cut extensions and repeal of the estate tax.<

and they wonder why they're tanking in the polls. morans.