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August 15, 2005
Iraq: Bush's Monica
In my last post, some readers took exception to my notion that all it takes for Democrats to win is a candidate.
The notion I was trying to offer was that skeptics and marginal supporters could allay their doubts if the candidate has the ability to connect with voters at the retail level. My example: Bill Clinton, who can empathize with the best of them, and in the process overcome doubts about his ideology…and fidelity.
If pink is the new black, then George Bush may be the new Bill Clinton. Think about it. When he first ran for president in 2000, he was not the darling of the purest of the Puritans, whom I call the American Taliban. It’s affection belonged to then-Missouri Senator John Ashcoft. But when Ralph Reed and several of the more political astute American Taliban concluded that Ashcroft couldn’t win, they dropped him like a bad habit. They migrated to Bush, not because he was as pure as the driven snow (unless…never mind. I won’t take that cheap shot.) No. They flocked to him like a gaggle of geese because he could win.
Same with the economic plutocracy. It wasn’t Bush’s sterling record in business. It was his EVQ — electoral viability quotient. He could connect.
And now, President Bush finds himself nearly a year into his second term. His ratings are as low as they’ve ever been. Now, for the first time, a plurality disagree not only with his handling of Iraq, but his overal handling of the war on terror.
But you still see folks on TV, even parents of soldiers killed in Iraq, expressing their love for W. His values, his Christianity. His short sleeves and cowboy boots covered with the dust of Texas. He is a likable cuss.
At this point in his second term, Bill Clinton was beginning to fight off Monicagate. He fought off impeachment, the Democrats held their own in mid-term elections and Clinton finished out his second term with a wave of warmth, if not relief, that was extraordinary for a president against whom the American Taliban had spent upwards of $200 million investigating.
If Iraq is George Bush’s Monica, can he do the same?
Posted Aug 15 2005 @ 07:14 AM
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