Conservatives Say Bush Is Skating On Thin Ice

My view is that Bush has calculated that fear of another 9-11 is sufficient in itself to get re-elected. I believe he is wrong.

Here’s a tiny bit of history that too many either don’t know or would prefer to ignore. Every president since World War II who committed US troops to massive military interventions overseas in undeclared wars was denied a second term. Harry Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson declined to run again. George Herbert Walker Bush was defeated. I can recall how popular Bush41 was right after the Gulf War.

The undercurrent of discontent is palpable throughout the nation and it was this discontent that Gov. Howard Dean tapped into initially. It is this discontent that is now being stirred by other Democrat candidates. Something is terribly wrong in Washington, DC they say and they are right.

Right now, I am in the camp of those who fear the Islamic Jihad more than any domestic issue, but I am also in the camp of those who detest the President’s education, immigration, and economic policies. Many other Republicans are beginning to openly criticize these policies and, if there is a critical mass of them by November, many will stay home rather than vote.

el - Conservatives know two motivations - fear and pocketbook.