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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve dietrich who wrote (745778)	7/21/2006 2:26:21 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Well... he ain't running again so maybe the thinking is that this does no long-term damage: "And for those voters who lean Republican but have been uneasy about Bush’s policies, it makes it harder to rejoin the president’s camp, said Washington-based independent analyst Stuart Rothenberg. “It adds to their sense of disappointment or frustration or anger,” he said, calling the image of Bush as anti-science cumulative with the veto, coming on top of Bush’s interference in the Terry Schiavo case, skepticism about global warming, questioning of evolution and opposition to forms of contraception." On the other-hand it's encouraging to see that there is still a desire for rationality and science: "...particularly former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner – the father of a diabetic – who has been getting unexpected standing ovations when he promises “an administration that believes in science.” “I was really stunned,” said Samuel L. Popkin, a professor at University of California San Diego who is an expert on presidential campaigns and was taken aback at the spontaneous reaction to Warner’s science pitch. “Something like this could be more powerful than a gas tax or an energy plan.” "