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

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (749074)	9/12/2006 11:38:41 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769668

Bush: 'The War Is Not Over' September 12 2006 latimes.com ...Some in Washington took the occasion to advance a possible run for president. In a speech to the mostly conservative American Enterprise Institute, Newt Gingrich, the former Republican House speaker and potential candidate in 2008, criticized the administration. "We are not where we wanted to be nor where we need to be," Gingrich said. "We have not captured Bin Laden. We have not defeated the Taliban…. We have not stopped the recruitment of young fanatics into terrorism." Even those with less partisan interest in the debate seized the moment to advance an agenda. Republican Thomas H. Kean and Democrat Lee Hamilton — chairman and vice chairman of the bipartisan commission that investigated the attacks and the government's response — said bureaucracy had blocked implementation of many of the panel's recommendations to improve security and intelligence-gathering. Former President Clinton, blamed in an ABC docudrama for failing to pay sufficient attention to looming Al Qaeda threats, addressed a Jewish charitable organization at a Washington hotel. Without mentioning Bush or the Republican Party, Clinton urged renewed efforts to stabilize Afghanistan, where the Taliban has recently gained strength. "We need more troops," he said, noting there were almost seven times as many U.S. soldiers in Iraq as in Afghanistan. "We can't practice hit-and-run democracy." Clinton also sounded a familiar Democratic theme that the nation is not as safe as it could be, faulting the administration for failing to improve inspections of ship and plane cargo, as well as of chemical and nuclear plants. "They say it's a matter of costs, but it can't be," Clinton said. Hailing a new method for inspecting cargo electronically, he said the technology would cost $840 million a year, "and we've already spent over $300 billion on the war in Iraq." Polls show that 95% of Americans surveyed remember exactly where they were when they learned of the attacks. For most of them, Monday was a day of remembering what few have forgotten, this time laced with a political message....

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (749074)	9/12/2006 11:39:51 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769668

Warner sees support From governor to president? By Bob Gibson Daily Progress staff writer Tuesday, September 12, 2006 dailyprogress.com Most Virginia voters do not favor a presidential run by U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Fairfax County, in 2008, a statewide poll shows. Most Virginians do favor a 2008 presidential bid by former Gov. Mark R. Warner, an Alexandria Democrat, and say they would consider voting for him, the survey says. The Mason-Dixon Virginia Poll taken for The Daily Progress and other Virginia newspapers shows that 37 percent of Virginians likely to vote this November think that Allen should seek the White House in 2008, down from 42 percent 15 months earlier. Only 39 percent said they would consider voting for Allen is he were to become the Republican Party presidential nominee, down from 47 percent in July of 2005. The new survey, taken Sept. 5 through Sept. 7, found 52 percent of Virginia voters said they would not consider voting for Allen for president in two years, up from 41 percent who felt that way 15 months earlier. Nine percent were undecided last week, down from 12 percent. While Allen’s stock has fallen across Virginia, there is increased support for a presidential bid by Warner. Statewide, 54 percent of likely voters say Warner should seek the White House in the 2008 election, up from 42 percent six months before Warner left office as governor early this year. A majority - 56 percent - would consider voting for Warner if he were to win the Democratic Party’s nomination, up from 55 percent in July 2005. In each poll, 30 percent said they would not consider voting for Warner and the rest said they were undecided. “Clearly Warner is viewed as someone they see as a better presidential option right now than is Allen,” said J. Bradford Coker, managing director of Mason-Dixon Polling and Research Inc. “Warner completed his term. His legacy so far has remained very positive,” Coker said. “Because he was seen as a good governor, people are going to look favorably on him if he should try to step up to the national level.” As for Allen, who is on the Nov. 7 ballot trying to win a second term in the U.S. Senate, “obviously his ‘macaca’ statement gives people a lot of pause as to whether he’s ready to step up to the [White House],” Coker said. Allen made his huge gaffe on Aug. 11 when he twice referred to S.R. Sidarth, a Virginian of Indian descent, in front of a largely white audience as “macaca,” a word meaning a type of monkey. The word is also a racial slur in some languages, but Allen said he did not know its meaning when he “welcomed” Sidarth to America and to the “real Virginia.” He has repeatedly apologized. Support for Allen’s presidential ambitions remains strong among Virginia Republicans. While 80 percent of Virginia Republicans said they would consider voting for him for president in 2008, a smaller 61 percent said they think Allen should make a bid for the White House in two years. Twelve percent of GOP voters said they would not consider voting for him for president and 8 percent said they are not sure. Statewide, 27 percent of GOP voters said he should not seek the presidential nomination while 12 percent said they are not sure. By 54 percent to 30 percent, independents said Allen should not run for president with 16 percent not sure. By 68 percent to 18 percent, Democrats said Allen should not run for president with 14 percent unsure. By 96 percent to 3 percent, Democrats said they would not consider voting for Allen if he got the GOP presidential nomination, with 1 percent not sure. The survey of 625 randomly selected likely voters in the Nov. 7 election has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Contact Bob Gibson at (434) 978-7243 or bgibson@dailyprogress.com.