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Originally posted by Phasad1913
I don't live in Charlotte and I am not sure if I wanted to start a whole thread on this but this thread made me want to ask this.
Do you guys think the nation as a whole is changing it's mood over Bush and the War? Seriously, I know it sounds like a "duh" question, but from where you all live and the things you may or may not hear from colleagues, friends, family, etc., have you all noticed at all that people who were originally optimistic about this administration are now feeling dissappointed? Or not? Judging from this thread and the fact that someone put these signs up, it seems like people are feeling more emboldened to speak out against this administration; almost as if they feel like there is more national support all of a sudden for anti-war sentiment.
I hear the recitation of poll numbers and stuff on the news and according to them, lots of Americans have lost their faith in Bush and his administration but he seems to have gotten the majority of the country's support when he was re-elected. So what do you all think changed people's minds? Do you guys think the polls are accurate? Have any of you changed your minds? I am just curious to see how people feel now about the country's leadership.
Hopefully we can have an honest discussion and no blasting of one another.
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interesting thought. Whatever the political calculus on Bush, this typically happens around the mid-point of 2nd term administrations anyway. Previously, it was "Clinton fatigue." Now it'll be "Bush fatigue."
With open presidential primaries and prominent Rs vying for the Repub. nomination, you'll likely see more Republican leaders increasingly begin to stake out their own policy positions, establishing their own credentials independent of the Bush agenda. This will likely make Bush's political agenda (or any president's 6 years in) more difficult to attain, perhaps adding to the "fatigue" and the level of public disaffection that already exists (in some quarters.) To combat the increased difficulty of a domestic agenda, most presidents tend to look abroad, for summits and historic agreements to cement their "legacy." It'll be interesting to see what happens here.