by Linda Morgan
The Wall Street Journal states the bloody obvious:
According to recent Gallup polls, the president’s average approval rating is below 30% — down from his 90% approval in the wake of 9/11. Mr. Bush has endured relentless attacks from the left while facing abandonment from the right.
This is the price Mr. Bush is paying for trying to work with both Democrats and Republicans. During his 2004 victory speech, the president reached out to voters who supported his opponent, John Kerry, and said, “Today, I want to speak to every person who voted for my opponent. To make this nation stronger and better, I will need your support, and I will work to earn it. I will do all I can do to deserve your trust.â€
Those bipartisan efforts have been met with crushing resistance from both political parties.
Rejected from the Democrats because that’s what the Democrats do. Reach out to them, they’ll break your arm… as Bush Sr found out. Remember[...]
by Art Smith
As I write this, John McCain is announcing his concession of today's election.
Obama was declared the winner by most of the networks at around 11:00 PM Eastern Time.
McCain's speech was kind and humble, and recognizing what is an historic event.
We have not been shy in our opposition to Obama here at TCR, and hopefully have been and will continue to be faithful in this regard: Obama is the rightful victor, for whatever reason I believe is the man God will place in this leadership position, and will deserve the appropriate respect due the office and office holder of the Presidency. Assuming he does not abuse his power (a caution I would put to any who take this office).
We will, however, continue to voice opposition to
by Art Smith
If you need them, free voter tools and endorsement information are in the center sidebar. We want to help you out today as much as possible.
The numbers are not completely up to date yet, but it looks like over 30 million Americans have voted in early balloting (up through November 3) for this election. That's almost 25% of the total votes cast in 2004! Depending on how and when different states are counting these ballots, Tuesday and Wednesday could be an interesting time... and I doubt that exit polling will have the same level of predictability it had in years past.
Wow.
It's awesome to see the power of the people brought to bare... the results are certainly unpredictable, but that's part of the beauty and ultimately the intended process. Everyone has done everything they can and should to promote their parties, their candidates, their positions, and today everyone (who hasn't already yet) gets to[...]
by Art Smith
I've only provided endorsements for President and for legislative contests that affect me directly. Unfortunately, personal and work commitments have kept me from providing a broader assessment of candidates.
If you have not had adequate time yourself to interact with candidates or research them at their web sites, I can make a couple of simple suggestions:
There are a number of web sites with candidate assessments from varying perspectives, including general political principals and specific policy areas. Using various Google searches (such as "2008 Congressional candidate comparison tax") you can[...]
by Art Smith
Less than 72 hours remain until the polls will close across the country, and we're already getting plenty of messages intended to demoralize McCain supporters. DON'T LISTEN TO A WORD OF IT!
The model for this was set during the primaries... a great analysis and prediction of repeat offenses are described at the HillBuzz Blog. It's a great read if you have time, but the point of it that they will do anything to convince you to skip voting if you're planning to vote for McCain. Three core efforts (and tell me you haven't seen this already) are:
- Calls for McCain to just give up and quit, because the race is over
- Wild claims of Obama winning states that shock and surprise you
- Repeated insistance that blacks and young people will decide this election, and they are all going to vote in record numbers for Obama
The worst part of this is[...]
by Art Smith
Just $2,800 left to meet the critical donation level required by the BFS Board of Directors! What's amazing is that the original deadline was October 31 (they plan to close the operation if the $70,000 is not reached), and you'd have never thought they could get this close by that date!
Fortunately, as we mentioned two weeks ago, the Board extended the deadline to November 30. Can you give $50? $100? Okay, yeah, if you have $2,800 to spare, go for it! This is a vital service to our men and women on active duty overseas, and I know[...]
