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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (366394)	1/11/2008 12:38:13 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571708

White House Predicts ‘Remarkable Shift’: Bush Will Leave Office With 45 Percent Approval thinkprogress.org ( I'm sure this recession will have that effect! ) Bush’s job approval numbers may be mired in the low 30s right now, but U.S. News’ Washington Whispers reports that Bush aides predict he’ll be at 45 percent when he leaves office: He’s a poll cellar-dweller whom even GOP presidential candidates sneer at, but George W. Bush and some congressional backers see happy days for the prez this year. His fans have dubbed it his “legacy year,” when they hope to lock in his achievements on the domestic front. Among the items Bush’s GOP congressional allies want to work on this month: continuing his tax cuts and extending the controversial No Child Left Behind Act. As for the war, they say, the news has been good, and Bushies believe that their guy will eventually get credit for opening the war on terrorism. But more immediately, they are predicting a remarkable poll shift to about 45 percent favorable by the time he leaves office next year. While the White House sees “happy days” here again for Bush’s “legacy year,” the American public appears quite ready for his presidency to be over. In the past year, the public’s disapproval of Bush has been extremely stable: The Republican presidential candidates are hesitant to even mention Bush’s name. As the Washington Post recently wrote, “All sides agree the electorate at least says it is in no mood for a candidate that embodies the status quo, or even incremental movement.”

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (366394)	1/11/2008 3:01:03 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571708

>So what's your view on campaign finance reform? Almost exclusively public financing, with small token donations allowed to demonstrate a candidate's seriousness (i.e., if a candidate can get 100,000 people to donate $5, he's serious enough to get public financing) >The promise was to get the money out of politics, you know. And they didn't get it right. >'Cause we all know Republicans are rich and Democrats are poor, so it's not fair that those with the cash can buy the air time. Is that seriously the way you understand it? -Z