Repub Pollster re: * >> "He has no political capital"

[sabra]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030902288.html

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He has no political capital," said Tony Fabrizio, a Republican pollster. "Slowly but surely it's been unraveling. There's been a direct correlation between the trajectory of his approval numbers and the -- I don't want to call it disloyalty -- the independence on the part of the Republicans in Congress."

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White House strategists reject such talk as exaggerated, pointing to other examples of Republican solidarity and predicting that the uproar over the ports will have faded long before anyone enters a voting booth in November. Bush made a point of surrounding himself with congressional Republicans yesterday in the East Room as he signed legislation reauthorizing the USA Patriot Act. Among those on hand was Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.), who led the port revolt.

"We are a party that is united and moving forward on a record of accomplishment, a record of results," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said. Dismissing questions about Bush's effectiveness, he added: "There's a tendency in this town to try to selectively pick snapshots, when the broader reality is that we have a record of results and that we're getting things done for the American people."

[babylonsister]

1. It seems like the wh strategists are the only ones who think

there's no problem, while the repug politicians are jumping ship like crazy. :D

[LynnTheDem]

2. "a record of accomplishment, a record of results"

:rofl:

[kentuck]

3. Have they no shame!

a record of accomplishment and results?????????????????????????

OMG!

[Clarkie1]

4. I thought this as soon as the 60-2 vote to kill the Dubai deal went down.

His political capital is truly gone. He has none. That statement is absolutely correct.

[skipos]

5. Bush really is uniting America

against him.

[tlsmith1963]

6. The White House Sounds Like...

Baghdad Bob.

Remember him?

Tammy

[Art_from_Ark]

7. Or perhaps Lord Ha Ha?

[mitchum]

8. "...independence on the part of Republicans in Congress"...I call bullshit

Don't let those bastards (and bitches) distance themselves from him. They have always been supportive of that power-drunk goon.
They came to the dance with him and they can leave with him.

[WePurrsevere]

9. "... we're getting things done for the American people." What he meant to

say was either "we're getting things done for the American big Corp and rich." or "we're getting things done TO the American people."

Hopefully the American public is truly finally waking up to the reality of what "this" Republican party's agenda is and realize that their sugar coated promises actually held a poison pill underneath.

edited to add a dropped letter

[dusty64]

10. Yet he still

gets everything he wants and is covered for every crime. Aren't one party states fun.......