Bush 'Needs a Miracle' to Win
Capitol Hill Blue
George W. Bush bet his presidency on Iraq and is losing the bet, political analyst Larry Sabato said over the weekend.
“He
really will need a miracle to win, and the last miracle was for Harry
S. Truman,” Sabato said, referring to Truman's upset presidential
victory in 1948.
“He bet
his [pseudo-]presidency on Iraq. But he's this close to losing the bet,” said
Sabato, holding a finger and thumb about an inch apart.
He said polls show support for the Iraq war has dropped from about 70 percent of Americans to about 45 percent or less.
“Kerry would win very handily if the election were held today,” Sabato told a meeting of the Business Council of Alabama.
…Sabato
said Bush also must deal with a mediocre economy and a sour mood among
voters who see the economic glass as half empty, not half full.
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The New Swingers
The American Prospect
George W. Bush is losing voters he once took for granted. He's got no one to blame but himself.
…Imbrogno is a tried-and-true
Republican, too, but even so, he says, “I won't vote for Bush. I won't
necessarily vote for Kerry; I have trouble with his positions on some
issues other than economics.” But he supports John Kerry's proposal to
end tax breaks for companies that have moved their jobs overseas.
Imbrogno is not alone. He's active
in the Northeast Ohio Coalition for American Manufacturing (NEOCAM), a
group of corporate executives who Imbrogno estimates to be roughly 80
percent Republican. And among his fellow NEOCAM members, he says, “I
know I'm not exceptional” in breaking with Bush.
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