Her big mistake is typical of all Democrats. She said, "giving opponents fresh ammunition." This is like saying, Michael Moore gained more votes that he lost. We all know that isn't so.
Has the Democratic loyal ever considered cultivating a candidate for 2008 that can stand on his own worth? The old run the other guy down to our level or lower has not been working for you, and I think it will continue to be a losing tactic.
JFK must be spinning in his grave while seeing what has happened to his party, while I laugh at your dogged determination to not get over it.
This article says it all!
A Rocky First 100 Days for New Bush Term
By TERENCE HUNT
WASHINGTON(AP) - One hundred days into his second term, President Bush has lost much of the political muscle he boasted about after winning re-election. Gas prices are rising, his approval ratings are sagging and Americans are unhappy with his handling of the economy and Iraq.
Now he's trying to sell a Social Security plan that would cut future benefits for all but low-income retirees - giving opponents fresh ammunition. Even before Bush unveiled his new proposal - and despite a 60-day sales campaign - a majority of Americans thought he had mishandled Social Security, too.
Along with his other troubles, Bush has had to prop up two endangered Republicans: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, accused of ethical lapses, and John Bolton, the president's choice for U.N. ambassador, criticized for his judgment and treatment of subordinates.
It wasn't supposed to be this hard. Not for a re-elected Republican president with a GOP-ruled House and Senate.
"He's in far weaker shape than most people expected he would be in the aftermath of the election,'' said Margaret Thompson, a professor of history and political science at Syracuse University. "I think he became overconfident about what he could accomplish.''
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-bush-100-days,0,2587194.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines
They make it sound like him being overconfident about he could accomplish was a new thing!
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