Bid to give Bush the boot
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But with plunging approval and a slew of scandals, an ouster attempt may be the least of his worries
thestar.com
<<...only Nixon has had approval ratings as low as Bush's 38 per cent average on a series of polls released last week.
The mystery in Washington is why Bush will not inject some new blood into his inner circle.
Chief of staff Andrew Card and deputy chief of staff and political strategist Karl Rove have been with him since day one.
"You can lose your political instincts, you become less sensitive to the political cross-currents,'' says presidential historian Robert Dallek.
"When you are falling on your face, faltering, stumbling around, it becomes all the more important to move the deck chairs around and bring in some fresh perspective and some fresh hope, plus a little renewed confidence for the country."
Larry Sabato, a political analyst at the University of Virginia, says Bush has faced some big "screw-ups" that have cost him.
"The question on the street, from people who are not necessarily political, is whether the president is competent," he says. "Presidents get tired and I think Bush is tired."....>> |
