Bush Getting Poor Marks from Republicans

The string of bad news for George W. Bush, most of it self-inflicted, continues. As his poll numbers sink and scandals continue despite the fact that Republicans dominate Washington, some Republicans are saying the Bush presidency is finished. Here's a story from The Washington Post (via the Huffington Post):

The recent White House shake-up was an attempt to jump-start the administration and boost President Bush's rock-bottom approval ratings, but have those efforts come too late to salvage the presidency? A prominent GOP pollster thinks that may be the case.

"This administration may be over," Lance Tarrance, a chief architect of the Republicans' 1960s and '70s Southern strategy, told a gathering of journalists and political wonks last week. "By and large, if you want to be tough about it, the relevancy of this administration on policy may be over."

A new poll by RT Strategies, the firm headed by Tarrance and Democratic pollster Thomas Riehle, shows that 59 percent of Americans disapprove of Bush's job performance, while 36 percent approve -- a finding in line with other recent polls.

Libby is under indictment. Iraq is going nowhere. Karl Rove is under a legal cloud. Cheney's rating are lower than Bush's. DeLay's legal troubles are only getting worse. Dennis Hastert has to explain why so much nonsense has been happening under his nose. Billions are missing that were earmarked for Iraq's reconstruction. The federal government is dragging its feet on the aftermath of Katrina. Porter Goss resigns under strange circumstances. And the Republican National Committee keeps doling out money for legal fees. The list goes on.