Rassmussen's latest has Bush at 50%:

Monday January 30, 2006--Fifty percent (50%) of American adults approve of the way George W. Bush is performing his role as President. Forty-nine percent (49%) disapprove.The President earns approval from 82% of Republicans, 25% of Democrats, and 41% of those not affiliated with either major political party.

Any liberal reading this is most likely stunned, shocked and outraged at the stupid publlic who doesn't know the truth. Right? They don't know how Bush lied, even though Moore, Gore, Sheehan, and the rest of the moonbat brigade have been telling them that for years. They don't know about the NSA and Ambramoff scandals, though they have been on the cable news networks for weeks. That would be a serious misleading of the American people.

The State of the Union Address is tomorrow, and Bush's numbers on the eve of look great. Truth is, they have been steadily improving for a while now, not that you would find media coverage on that. But we haven't found bin Laden and there's chaos in Iraq, right? True, but bin Laden isn't as strong as some would have you think and Iraq is turning for the better:

There are, however, some pretty strong signs that al Qaeda is losing. Benjamin and Simon are almost certainly correct in their reading of bin Laden's position. He quite likely does think he is winning. Arrogant, even delusional, overconfidence is a part of his job description.

It's true, too, that Jihadis and terrorists will continue to be able to kill people regardless of what happens to Osama and his umbrella organization. In the main battlefront, Iraq, though, the signs are finally pointing in the other direction.

The Congressional segment of the GOP may be under fire, from the left for Abramoff, from the right for pork-barrel spending, but the executive remains unscathed, having quietly recovered from Scootergate, Harriet Miers, and Katrina, and is hopefully going to surge ahead in 2006 with a clearer agenda and the will to fight for it.

In my opinion, 2005 was a squandered year for President Bush. Iraq did improve from the administration staying the course, and two Sumpreme Court nominations, one confirmed, and Alito soon to follow. Everything gained by the Administration was hammered by the Democrats, with some of the most heated resistance coming from Murtha, Kerry, Kennedy, Schumer, and Dean. What do the Democrats have to show for it? Nothing. They pushed Joe Lieberman aside, half the population thinks Bush is doing fine, and the DNC is cash poor when compared to the RNC:

Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill are privately bristling over Howard Dean’s management of the Democratic National Committee and have made those sentiments clear after new fundraising numbers showed he has spent nearly all the committee’s cash and has little left to support their efforts to gain seats this cycle, ROLL CALL reports.

Congressional leaders were furious last week when they learned the DNC has just $5.5 million in the bank, compared to the Republican National Committee’s $34 million.

Who is wasting who's time?

Posted by Ryan S. on Monday, January 30, 2006 at 2:04 PM | Permalink |