Elephant In Exile

As I mentioned before, the President has a tough summer a head of him. Iraq's transition to sovereignty, gas prices, the 9/11 report and the continuing drip of prison abuse photos. And Bush continues to slide, although we're a long way off from the election. Interestingly enough, Bush's decline in support can now be attribute to loss of disaffected Republicans (like me...see link below). If Bush wants to weather the hot summer he will need to move to the middle, start talking taxes, spending, social security and education. Continuing violence in Iraq, coupled with high gas prices/inflation and continuing trumping of divisive issues will set the stage for another disastrous 1992-like convention.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52151-2004May24.html