Nobody's on board Bush's ship of state anymore except Bush

By a 2 to 1 margin, those who see little accomplishment in Congress's first nine months blame the inaction on Bush and the GOP more than they do the majority Democrats.

How Bush appears to get away with it is anyone's guess because the country as a whole is not, repeat not, behind George Bush, according to the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll. 

Most Americans oppose fully funding President Bush's $190 billion request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a sizable majority supports an expansion of a children's health insurance bill the president has promised to veto, putting Bush and many congressional Republicans on the wrong side of public opinion on upcoming foreign and domestic policy battles.

Not that either Bush or the media are listening.  But at least the opposition is solidifying -- and the Republicans are in a hole and still digging.

Only about a quarter of all adults want Congress to fully fund the administration's $190 billion request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over the next year, while two-thirds want the proposed allocation reduced, with 43 percent wanting it reduced sharply. (Three percent say Congress should approve no money at all.)

Two-thirds of independents want Congress to reduce the funds allocated for the war effort, as do 83 percent of Democrats; 45 percent of Republicans agree.

Bush and the Republicans may also be headed for a political setback from the fight over the State Children's Health Insurance Program...

No surprise there.

Comments

[Funk]

Can someone please explain what power, then, the White House has over the so-called moderate Republicans? Why is it they continue to vote his line, knowing full well it will harm them in the 2008 election? What are they afraid of?

[jussumbody]

You're wrong on both counts. The Democrats are the only moderate Republicans. There are no moderates under the name Republican, and they never backed Bush out of fear. They back him because they, and a sizeable number of Democrats, believe in the same things he does - i.e. helping themselves to millions of dollars at the taxpayer's expense, while screwing the futures of average Americans. It won't harm them that much in 2008, because there is really no one opposing Bush in DC.

[cwazycajun]

it all comes down to this in MY OPINION

the dems have no dammed spine

the repugs have no dammed shame

the bush admin has no dammed soul