Failed hawkish policies often rebound to the benefit of the failers. Every horrible thing the left said would happen because of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has happened, and yet it is the left that has suffered the most from these catastrophes.
Quebec City is very nice, if you don't mind winter and can learn a little French. If a slower pace of life is your preference, try Nova Scotia.
--- Nathan Newman <nathanne at nathannewman.org> wrote:
> What are you talking about? These are numbers on
> foreign policy, and they
> are still not that great, while his approval on the
> economy is below
> disapproval in most polls.
>
> The election is still 15 months away. Along with
> likely trends, that's a
> lot of time for organizing.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mike larkin" <mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com>
> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 12:27 AM
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Poll: Bush's Summer Doldrums Are
> About Over
>
>
> The fucker's re-election is all but a done deal. How
> DO you get residency in Canada?
>
>
> from The Wall Street Journal, 7/31:
>
> Despite criticism over prewar intelligence and
> postwar
> casualties, President Bush retains surprisingly
> strong
> support on Iraq, and he benefits from rising
> optimism
> about the economy, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC
> News
> poll found.
>
> "He's down about where incumbents are when they're
> in
> pretty good shape" for re-election, observes
> Republican pollster Robert Teeter, who conducts the
> Journal/NBC poll with his Democratic counterpart
> Peter
> Hart.
>
> The survey showed that a solid 66% of Americans
> approve of Mr. Bush's handling of the war on
> terrorism, though approval of his foreign policy is
> a
> less robust 55%. Some 37% say that postwar events
> have
> diminished their trust in Mr. Bush "somewhat" or "a
> great deal," but an identical proportion say their
> trust in the president has increased. And by a
> margin
> of 56% to 30%, Americans say Democrats are "mostly
> playing politics" about the administration's
> rationale
> for war rather than offering "legitimate criticism."
>
> Even more striking is the fact that continuing
> casualties -- at least 110 U.S. soldiers have died
> in
> Iraq since Mr. Bush declared major combat operations
> over on May 1 -- haven't eroded public support for
> the
> military's continued role in Iraq. Roughly seven in
> 10
> Americans say the U.S. should have taken action to
> remove Saddam Hussein from power, and nearly six in
> 10
> say U.S. troops should remain in Iraq as long as
> necessary, even if the reconstruction process takes
> five years.
>
>
>
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