From yesterday’s Parade magazine (taking a pleasant stroll down memory lane from last November)…GOP operatives blame (President Bush) for the party’s loss of control in the Senate. Polling data show that in Virginia, Montana and Missouri, Republican incumbents were tied or leading until Bush paid a campaign visit. After that, all three fell behind and lost. Senators up for re-election in 2008 and those with Presidential aspirations don’t want to face the same fate, so they’re actively distancing themselves from Bush and his 2007 agenda. Expect some to vote with the Democrats or sit on their hands.Also, I’ve read from fairly reputable sources (sorry, no link at the moment) that, if only “The Decider” had canned Rummy before the election, that might have swung a race or two to the point where the Repugs would have held onto the Senate.
But of course, a move of such rank political opportunism would have told everyone that Dubya really did care about polls after all, and it would have been a tacit acknowledgment that Bush knew that these elections, more than anything else, were a referendum on him and his failed administration.
And he simply could not allow that to happen, could he?
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