Josh Marshall has a great column on why Bush is sinking

[lancdem]

http://www.hillnews.com/marshall/020404.aspx

Have you noticed it too? That sinking feeling?

Over the past month, there’s been a subtle but unmistakable shift in the public perceptions of President Bush. And not one for the better.

The evidence is in the worrisome new poll numbers and the oh-so-speedy effort to get out ahead of the calls for an Iraq inquiry. The press treatment is more sour. And a mix of unease and impatience is starting to emanate from Republican circles.

Some causes are obvious: The rush of approbation over the capture of Saddam Hussein has subsided. The economy, which looked to be on fire six weeks ago, now seems healthy but not remarkable. The WMD imbroglio is back in the headlines. And the sheer magnitude of the fiscal crisis facing the country is again on display.

But the president’s deeper problem stems from increasing doubts that his White House is — to employ an overused phrase — on the level, that every new proposal isn’t simply one more gambit for short-term political gain, regardless of the consequences.

[Punkingal]

1. Wow!

A great article. He described them so accurately it is uncanny!

[lancdem]

4. I thought he hit the nail on the head, too

[Taeger]

2. In Summary

In Summary, all the bullshit propaganda is wearing off. They are running out of ways to deceive people. They are thrashing around trying to find a new issue.

God help us if these assholes allow our country to be attacked again for another boost in the polls.

[TacticalPeek]

8. "wearing off"

Rove: "Bush is not food. Bush is not food."

(slip)

Yuummmy!

:evilgrin:

[indepat]

3. Isn't everything done for political gain, to reward patrons, or otherwise

implement a hard, far-right (PNAC) ideology?

[indepat]

5. Is anything done because it is in the best interest of our nation, we the

people, the common welfare?: I think not.

[lancdem]

7. Not in this administration

The Clinton and Bush I administrations weren't this political. Consider the tax increases they signed; they certainly weren't done to be popular, but they helped reduce the deficit.

[lancdem]

6. Yes, and now more people are realizing it

Everything Bush does is a naked ploy for votes, period.

[dfitzsim]

9. Go to his blog

Josh Marshall has a fantastic blog. Required daily reading:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

He is a very insightful, informative, and concise.

I'm sure this has been posted before ... so shoot me. :-)

[wabeewoman]

10. As much as I'd have liked the

democrats to bring bush down, I'll settle for his political arrogance bringing him down. A little poetic justice....