"Who cares? His popularity is no greater – in fact it's less – than my brother's..."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

The brother of former President George W. Bush and son of former President George H.W. Bush dismissed the idea that his party's policies were unpopular with most Americans. "I don't think there's any seismic shift. The Democrats have won on tactics," he said. "Barack Obama would not have gotten elected if he'd let us in on his secret plan prior to the election," he said, pointing to the president's economic agenda and energy proposals.

"….He made it appear like McCain was going to raise taxes, which was unfair, but there was no response back. When there was an ideological component, it was generally centrist or even center-right. Had he said what he was going to do as a candidate, (Obama) would have lost."

He downplayed the president's approval ratings, which remain above average. "First of all, who cares?" he said.

"His popularity is no greater – in fact it's less – than what my brother's was during the beginning of his tenure, in a time of unbelievable friction, if you think about it, because of the 2000 election. His approval ratings were higher than Barack Obama's during his first one hundred days."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/09/jeb-bush-i-dont-know-if-obama-is-a-socialist/

[zbdent]

1. "First of all, who cares?" It seems, when it was Bush ...

you heard about it more than you heard about Michael Jackson being dead ... and that was from the "liberal media" ...