Analyst says Bush needs "miracle" to win re-election

[Syrinx]

George W. Bush would need a "miracle" to win the presidential election as the war in Iraq becomes increasingly unpopular, a political analyst told members of the Business Council of Alabama.

Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said if the election was held now, Democratic nominee John Kerry "would win very handily."

The war is the biggest factor hurting Bush's re-election chances, he said, noting that if the president hadn't ordered the U.S. invasion of Iraq last year, he likely would be leading in 45 states and heading toward a landslide victory.

"He really will need a miracle to win, and the last miracle was for Harry S. Truman," Sabato told the Birmingham News after his speech at the council's governmental affairs conference in Point Clear. Truman pulled his upset presidential victory in 1948.

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http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040808/APN/408080637

[Monte Carlo]

1. That's what scares me.

Someone inside the Bush Administration must know that he's going to need a miracle to win; they're not stupid. When you are the Executive Branch of the federal gov't, you can work miracles.

[Jo March]

2. A Diebold "miracle", perhaps?

On topic - Bush and his cronies will be getting desperate and that worries me. Even a cornered rabbit is dangerous.

Off topic - Are you an Alabama fan or just a fan of the Man himself?

I am one of the biggest Bama fans around. I remember where I was when the Bear died.

[Syrinx]

5. off-topic reply :)

Both. Hopefully the team will surprise us this year. Some commentators have the Tide rated as one of the most improved teams this year. We'll see.

[ibegurpard]

3. I have no doubt there will be a miracle

The question is: are we ready for it and ready to lay it bare as the corrupt attempt at manipulation that it will be?

[coloradodem2005]

4. Let's just hope that a "miracle" doesn't happen.

I like reading what you wrote. The very fact that he has taken us into Iraq the way he has warrants a very bad defeat. Though, I think that without Iraq, the economy would have been his undoing. That is one thing I disagree with. If Bush hadn't ordered troops to Iraq and if the economy was still bad, he would be screwed then too.

[GiovanniC]

6. Jerry Falwell Told Me

That God selected Bush. God knows how to do miracles, so let's see what the Big Guy's got, hmm?

Will it be like that time when Jesus turned eligible voters into ineligible felons?

Or like that miracle when God let Bush walk on vote recounts?

Or, my personal favorite, the miracle when Moses parted the Supreme Court?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

7. As long as it's not THIS miracle again:

Katherine "It's A Miracle" Harris...



Lovely, isn;t she?

:grouphug:

[Claire Beth]

8. we can't let ourselves become too sure....

of a victory. We have to keep working hard and never let up.
:kick: