according to the most recent zogby poll only 30% of americans have a favorable impression of george bush and the job that he’s doing as president.
the republican congress received only an 18% approval rating.
only 24% of americans believe that gw bush has done a good job handling the war in iraq.
and so on.
it really is amazing how quickly political fortunes can do a 180.
after the invasion of iraq bush and the republicans’ approval ratings were in the 70’s and, sometimes, 80’s.
i can only imagine that the republicans are counting the days until the bush presidency ends, as he and his coterie have become a huge, dead weight around the neck of the republican party.
it’ll be interesting to see how the republicans re-invent themselves.
if they continue down the anti-stem cell research/anti-evolution/pro-war/pro-tax cuts for the rich/anti-gay/anti-environment path they will become more and more marginalized, especially as the democrats are starting to get their shit together on a national level(or, well, so i hope).
for too long the republicans have governed with impunity and pandered to their base(pro-war, intolerant, religious zealots). the republicans have regarded the rest of america(aka the sane part who believe in stem-cell research, evolution, tolerance, international diplomacy, etc)with contempt, and now the rest of america are seeing the republicans as contemptible, as evidenced by these most recent polls and the huge upset in the mid-term elections.
it’s not inconceivable that the republicans could be looking at a decade or two of permanent minority status in every level of government.
-moby