Several months ago a huge billboard appeared near Wyoming, Minnesota, with a beaming photo of George W. Bush with the caption âMiss me yet?â The answer to that question is clearly yes, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research poll, which shows the former president staging a remarkable political recovery despite having largely disappeared from public life since leaving office:
By 47 to 45 percent, Americans say Obama is a better president than George W. Bush. But that two point margin is down from a 23 point advantage one year ago.
âDemocrats may want to think twice about bringing up former President George W. Bushâs name while campaigning this year,â says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
This has to be one of the most extraordinary political comebacks in decades. And as this weekâs Washington Post/ABC News poll showed, nearly 25 percent of Democrats now believe âa return to Bushâs policies would be good,â a staggeringly high figure. As The Post reports:
Obama and the Democrats have argued that if Republicans were to gain control of Congress, they would return to the policies of President George W. Bush. Two-thirds of Democrats share that view and say it would be bad for the country. But almost a quarter of Democrats say a GOP-led Congress would take the country in a new and better direction or say a return to Bushâs policies would be good.
The CNN poll is of course deeply humiliating for the White House, especially coming just three and a half weeks before the November mid-terms. George W. Bushâs resurgence is in large part due to mounting opposition to the Obamaâs presidencyâs left-wing agenda, but it is also spurred by Obamaâs image as an out of touch, aloof and elitist president, divorced from economic and political reality on the ground.
A lot of Americans frankly miss the down-to-earth and significantly warmer leadership style promoted by President Bush, as well as his unfailing sense of optimism and heart-felt pride in America on the world stage. You certainly wonât ever find Bush apologising for his country or extending the hand of friendship to her enemies.
And when Bushâs memoir âDecision Pointsâ is published on November 9th, Iâm in no doubt it will storm The New York Timesâ bestseller list riding a new wave of nostalgia for his time in office. George W. Bush is back in fashion with a vengeance, in marked contrast to his increasingly unpopular successor in the White House.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100058215/yes-president-bush-america-does-miss-you/
By 47 to 45 percent, Americans say Obama is a better president than George W. Bush. But that two point margin is down from a 23 point advantage one year ago.
âDemocrats may want to think twice about bringing up former President George W. Bushâs name while campaigning this year,â says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
This has to be one of the most extraordinary political comebacks in decades. And as this weekâs Washington Post/ABC News poll showed, nearly 25 percent of Democrats now believe âa return to Bushâs policies would be good,â a staggeringly high figure. As The Post reports:
Obama and the Democrats have argued that if Republicans were to gain control of Congress, they would return to the policies of President George W. Bush. Two-thirds of Democrats share that view and say it would be bad for the country. But almost a quarter of Democrats say a GOP-led Congress would take the country in a new and better direction or say a return to Bushâs policies would be good.
The CNN poll is of course deeply humiliating for the White House, especially coming just three and a half weeks before the November mid-terms. George W. Bushâs resurgence is in large part due to mounting opposition to the Obamaâs presidencyâs left-wing agenda, but it is also spurred by Obamaâs image as an out of touch, aloof and elitist president, divorced from economic and political reality on the ground.
A lot of Americans frankly miss the down-to-earth and significantly warmer leadership style promoted by President Bush, as well as his unfailing sense of optimism and heart-felt pride in America on the world stage. You certainly wonât ever find Bush apologising for his country or extending the hand of friendship to her enemies.
And when Bushâs memoir âDecision Pointsâ is published on November 9th, Iâm in no doubt it will storm The New York Timesâ bestseller list riding a new wave of nostalgia for his time in office. George W. Bush is back in fashion with a vengeance, in marked contrast to his increasingly unpopular successor in the White House.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100058215/yes-president-bush-america-does-miss-you/
