For Bush, a good week

[AmyStrange]

For Bush, a good week

Between Iraq, the summit, and Reagan's passing, Kerry has been effectively sidelined.

By Ron Scherer and Alexandra Marks | Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor

FROM: http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0610/p01s04-uspo.html
SAVANNAH, GA. – In some ways, the body language said it all.
French President Jacques Chirac and President Bush, after a year of strained relations, pose for the mandatory handshake outside the G-8 conference room. But as they turn to enter, there's a certain bonhomie as Mr. Bush pats Mr. Chirac on the back. And Chirac, feeling Bush's hand on his jacket, pats the president in return.

Amid the humidity and heat of Sea Island, Bush is getting a bounce after weeks of bad news. The summit, which is expected to end with a number of substantive agreements, will cap off a week in which the president trumpeted liberty on the beaches of Normandy, won a unanimous vote at the UN on Iraq, and was highly visible paying tribute to his icon, Ronald Reagan.

Yet the bounce from one week of speeches and summits, and a nominal move toward more international cooperation on Iraq, could dissipate quickly if violence persists in Iraq and high energy prices undermine the budding economic recovery.

Experts point out that Americans have a notoriously short political memory. "We're at a point there's going to be a Bush bounce," says Stephen Hess of the Brookings Institution in Washington. "But we're still a long way from Nov. 2, and there will other bounces along the way."

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[lancdem]

1. This "bounce" has not shown up in the polls

Besides, all the bad news that went under the radar this past week will be front and center next week.

[neverforget]

2. The sound of the "dead president" bounce is "thud"!

[Sagan]

3. Ha ha ha ha! It's been a HORRIBLE week for Chimpy!

Got really nothing from the G8, Reagan's death was supposed to be a tidal wave that lifted Chimpy's fortunes and his numbers have gone DOWN!

Yes, Kerry has been sidelined by the news, but with that, Chimpy's fortunes STILL declined...

I don't call that a "good week". Of course, I forget we are dealing with the party of diminishing expectations. Chaos and death mean progress... Being wrong means you're actually right.. Stay the course in the face of contrary facts....