Do you think that Bush's debacle as president will encourage greater voter turnout in 2008?
439798
I sure as hell hope so.  It's unfortunate but fitting that he is the face of America while it's getting the crap slapped out of it.
666396
Hardly breaking news. We need to vote the rascals out in Nov. 2006. This will put pressure on President Bush, and it will bring up the possibility of impeachment.
779921
Yes, absolutely. I saw one report that the world didn't blame the Americans for anything done by Bush in his first term because they dildn't know what he was about. But when they reelected him, knowing what he was about, they became complicit in his policies. So yes by the majority voting for Bush in 2004, you could say the American people are partly to blame for the debacle in Iraq.
514893
Not sure if that would help. But I would like to see the electoral colege go away so everybody's vote counts.\n\nIf there were no electoral college, bush would have lost his election and we wouldn't be in this mess.
47482
it is probably good more people voted in 2004, and they did. this caused bush to win easier.
567462
No. I would think that re-election and good governance have no statistically significant correlation, and in some cases, have an inverse relationship. \n\nIn the US, the trend is for worse government, as officeholders increasingly abuse their spending authority to buy votes, and fail to take hard but necessary actions because it may affect their re-election. Increasingly, they act based on polls and popularity, rather than principle.\n\nBasically, we are now deep into the 'bread and circuses' type governance that brought down the Roman republic.
216274
Actually, since you posted your question, he has dropped to a 34% approval rating. It should be lower but the true believers vote in lockstep. \n\nIn answer to your question, I've lost a lot of faith in the "wisdom" of the American electorate after they re-elected bush/cheney in 2004. There was ample evidence of their lies and misdeeds at the time, and I really don't want to hear any more about what an awful candidate Kerry was (he certainly wasn't my choice but ANYONE would be better than what we have). \n\nSo, is the American public wiser? I don't think so. The way I see it, we're only one more "crisis" away from bush's poll numbers soaring again. Another large-scale terrorist attack in the "homeland" and it's break out the flags and rally around "our" president yet again. \n\nThe last time this obscenity occurred, I went to live and work in Japan for two years. It was refreshing to be amongst ex-pat Americans, Canadians, Brits, Aussies and Kiwis who had a clue about world politics. If it happens again, I'll be off to the UK -- for good.\n\nThat said, it would really be nice to have our country back, wouldn't it?
721635
Yes, History will show Bush to have been the ruination of our nation, the masturbatory greed and egotism will end up being the final blows to conservativism, and people everywhere will realize that corporations and big money tricked them and fooled them. Bush will be known as the president who was so bad he forced the population to realize that America had become at least an oligarchy instead of a democracy.\nBush will be known as the most evil president ever to get into office. He will go down in history as a prime example of what evil is, and what mistakes not to make, and how to identify such decay cycles. The Bush admin will be added to the decaying Roman civilization and other such civilizations as examples of how religion and politics and nationalism and propaganda and greed can cement the doom of a civilization, and, hopefully, we can prevent that doom for ourselves by backtracking against all of the evil things the Bush admin has done, once wwe impeach the lot of them.
963652
Voter surveys on election Day 2006 indicated that the number one reason most voters chose a Democratic candidate was their unhappiness with the war in Iraq. In essence, they voted to give the other guys a chance after five years of what many voters viewed as failed foreign policies, though there is no indication that the voters wanted any particular policy, only for something to make the situation in Iraq better for the United States. While Iraq was the primary reason for voters' unhappiness with the Bush Administration, they were also unhappy with the increasingly unfair returns of the national economy, the overwhelming sense of corruption generated by the Republican-controlled Congress since 1994 and the federal government's poor response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, an issue with particular potency among black voters. Hispanic voters were also driven to abandon the GOP because of conservatives' hardline on immigration. In 2004, President Bush had taken almost 40% of the Hispanic vote, but in the 2006 midterms the Republicans took only 20%, a major falloff that hurt them, especially in the West. Overall, the voters simply wanted change, and the Democrats played the old political trick of offering up no concrete policies to the electorate so that they could be everything to everyone--an empty vessel for people to pour their desires for change into.
927027
Not exactly, but that's as close a parallel as you can make with the Democrats sort of like the Laborites.\n\nYesterday's election would be a lot like a no confidence but bush will not do the gentlemanly thing and step down, the next election will be in 2008.
1097062
god yes.\n\ncan't wait\nfor 2008\n\nPLEASE PEOPLE- VOTE!!!!!!!
748013
Popularity definately changes over time. While Clinton was president, he was greatly favored. He was intelligent and a wonderful speaker. Now, the majority [but not all] of society looks down upon the years of his presidency. In this sense, I think Bush will be praised in the future for his contribution to the American society. He DID quickly retaliate after 9/11 occurred, much like FDR did after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Within 6 months, troops were sent overseas. He has made foolish decisions, but he also has made intelligent ones. Because of this, I think Bush will be viewed as a good president in the future.
906201
YES!!!  I agree with you that it should be a priority, but it wont happen--it would've happened already.  If we let him stay after the Florida debacle and the Ohio debacle, they arent going to remove the administration any time soon.  Doesnt matter who gets elected.  I agree that it could restore confidence around the world, but they already hate us and our arrogance, I dont think much will change that.  Will never happen.
264606
It will happen near the mid term elections in November. \nThe Bush administration can not afford to lose the House of Representatives. Let's see if this ploy works.
230599
While presidents seem all powerful in reality they are compelled to follow an agenda that is set primarily by the political party which they represent and by the will of the majority (although this does not always seem the case).  Mr. Bush is simply the figurehead or mouthpiece for those agendas so it is a bit unfair to call him stupid....perhaps you consider the policies he is pursuing to be stupid.  As to the support....don't forget that he was elected by a majority all of whom had an opportunity to make other decisions.  Those decisions will be made again in 2008 and maybe you will see a different type of candidate elected to pursue other agendas for this country.  That is the essence of democracy.
420028
I sure hope so.\nThe "Nader Effect" has foiled the Dems run at the White House for two elections now. When are they going to learn that when they isolate the far left to centrist factions of their party....those folks always rebel and vote Green or Indy. If the Dems ever got the BALZZ to come back to their roots as a party....they wouldn't have to contend with the "Nader Effect".\nThe best Dems to do this in 2008 in my opinion are Bill Richardson- Gov of NM, or Mike Gravel- former Sen from AK.\nCheck em out!!!
853206
I think for the last year President Bush has been the fall guy for Rumsfield but loyalty is high on his agenda. His administration has more friends than many think - the election is over & to take the next election will require unity. We proved every man for himself did not work. The ranks will close. My state went 82% Republican including several Democrat seats to state Senate & House. We split our national House seats. Conservatives & Moderates will learn the Democrats do not speak for them. This could be a good thing - sacrificial lambs.