An Easy Fix

Washington Post: Elections Are Crux Of GOP's Strategy---

Confronting the worst poll numbers seen in the West Wing since his father went down to defeat, President Bush and his team are focusing on the fall midterm elections as the best chance to salvage his presidency and are building a campaign strategy around tax cuts, immigration and national security.

Modern history offers no precedent of a president climbing from a hole as deep as the one Bush finds himself in, and White House strategists have concluded that no staff shake-up or other quick fix will alter their trajectory. In the sixth year of his tenure, they said, Bush cannot easily change the minds of voters whose impressions are fully formed.

And so short of some event outside their direct control -- such as a dramatic turnaround in Iraq or the capture of Osama bin Laden -- Bush advisers have turned to the election as the most important chance to rewrite the troubled narrative of his presidency and allow him to recover enough to govern his last two years, Republican strategists said. With that in mind, Bush last week called on the National Guard to help stop illegal immigrants, signed tax-cut legislation and headlined three party fundraisers.

Is it too little, too late?

To win us back, President Bush needs to LISTEN to us (the Base---who elected him!!! Twice!!!), seek our input on big issues, and then do what we elected him to do---namely what we want. He's too "stand-it-alone." That's all well and good when the Base is behind you, but when you turn your back on the peopole who elected you, then you better have some big allies.

I'm tired of people we elected to represent us going their own ways. They wouldn't be in power without us. Perhaps it is time to teach them that lesson?

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