Just Another Stunt?

Before Katrina the President lost the support of some Fiscal Conservatives upset that he had yet to veto a single spending bill.
After Katrina, President Bush embarked on a downward spiral unprecedented since the Carter Administration. People with little psychic endowment could predict with confidence - the President was going down.
First came the Katrina aftermath. No one really approved of the Government’s handling of the disaster. Conservatives arguments defending Bush had to do with the extent the Feds should assume responsibility for evacuation and relief. They pointed out that local authorities did little to help their neighbors. Basically they just waited for the Feds (i.e. the rest of us who chose to live above sea level) to step in and save them. The media and the left went on a spree of attacks that appeared to send George Bush into a tailspin. On November 14th 2005 CNN reported that Bush’s approval ratings dropped to an “all time low” 37%.
Time is also working against the President in Iraq. Katrina and bad news from the front cost him all his fair weather fans.
Just when things couldn’t get any worse for the Bush-Whacker they did. Recently, when the border (or lack thereof) came to a major head, Bush tried to walk a mighty thin line and faltered heartily. Dissent spread quickly amongst Conservatives who dominate the AM radio. Many of Bushs' staunchest allies were blasting him on the air. By February 2006 Bush’s numbers fell below the Carter range (30%). Add it up and it's fair to say that by the end of 2005 Bush was pretty much shaved.
Then came along Tony Snow. Shortly after Snow’s appointment as Whitehouse Spokesman, the President “turned the corner” and things started looking up. He tried to throw Conservatives a bone with talk of beefing up border security but his hardcore constituents weren’t buying. The President then made a lame attempt to woo Conservatives with a futile gay marriage ban amendment bill. That is likely the gayest thing our President has ever done.
Within the last week however, the President pulled a couple of cues (if you’re conservative) or stunts (if you’re a lefty). Greasing Zarqawi was a major score for the President much to the discomfort of Americas Liberals and enemies alike. Bush scored an extra point with his bold and rather daring surprise visit right into the heart of the war zone. May there be hope for this Administration yet?




Terrorist felt that they were loosing before Zarqawi took final gasp.


From NBC


Disarray