Anger at the incompetent and arrogant pResident is going to bring the GOP to their knees in a crushing defeat in this year's midterm election. "[A] solid majority of residents in states that President Bush carried in 2004 now disapprove of the job he is doing as president."
Nor do they care for the party he hails from.
The WaPo story excerpted below presents a smidgeon of the vast body of evidence supporting the prediction that come November, hordes of conservatives will be signing up for that little class known as Humility 101.
And guess what? Humility 101 is going to be a most difficult class for the arrogant Republicans to pass.
Anger at Bush Spells Defeat
"Angry voters turn out and vote their anger," said Glen Bolger, a pollster for several Republican congressional candidates. "Democrats will have an easier time of getting out their vote because of their intense disapproval of the president. That means we Republicans are going to have to bring our 'A' turnout game in November."
The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll showed 47 percent of voters "strongly" disapprove of Bush's job performance, vs. 20 percent who said they "strongly approve."
Democratic pollster Geoff Garin said GOP House candidates have reason to worry. His surveys find that 82 percent of Americans who say they voted for Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) in 2004 plan to vote for a Democrat for the House this year. But only 65 percent who voted for Bush say they will vote for a Republican House nominee, Garin said. The remaining 35 percent say they are open to voting for a Democrat or staying home.
"We get a large chunk of Bush voters who are not motivated to go out and vote for Republicans this fall," Garin said. "That puts a lot of red districts into play."
In Collierville, Tenn., school bus driver Charlotte Bruce is worried Bush will prove ruinous to GOP candidates this fall. "He's making such fools out of Republicans that no matter what the Democrats present, that's the one that's going to get in," she said. . . . She said she will vote for Democrat Harold E. Ford Jr. in the contest to replace retiring Sen. Bill Frist (R).
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