According to the latest Diageo/Hotline poll, Bush's base is ditching him.
Can you be president if no one likes you?
Why bother with an impeachment? He can't be enjoying this. Let's just ask him and the Cheney monster to resign. President Rice, with all her flaws, would still be an improvement.
Alternatively, the entire misguided Republican party could resign.
The poll finds 60% of voters think the nation is on the wrong track with 41% of Republicans in agreement. The GOP number is up from 29% last month.
Republicans "strongly" approving of Bush has dropped to 37%, "the lowest since this poll began."
Of those who disapprove of Bush, Democrats and Republicans agree Iraq is the main reason.
Bush's approval is threatening incumbents in 2006 with 26% of Republicans now saying they want to switch their representative; up from just 10% last month
Pluralities agree both Cheney (49%) and Rumsfeld (46%) do more to hurt Bush than help, 72% say Rice "mostly helps."
Via Taegan Goddard -- who adds that a joint DSCC/DCCC report finds:
"A startling 91% of Senate Republicans, 80% of House Republicans voted in sync with Bush White House in 2004."
In other words, we are in this mess because Congress is ruled by sheep. Good work, Senate Majority Sheep Leader Frist!
Big backlash coming, folks. We could call it a realignment, or we could call it the death of the Republican party as we know it. (my preference)
Either way, look for "conservative" to become the new political dirty word. Goddess knows it has been a dirty word in my house for a long time now, glad to hear the rest of the country is finally catching up.
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