That's been the longtime weapon of choice among many Democrats.
And they've used it to tag allies of the President as dangerous for the well-being of the nation.
It's also, as I've been saying since the beginning of last fall, not going to work.
The latest bit of evidence?
He's been out of the White House for less than two years, but Greg Sargent notes that a new polling memo by the centrist group Third Way suggests that "only 25% of Americans believe that if Republicans return to power in Congress their economic agenda will mean a return to former President Bush's economic policies. 65% say that a Republican Congress will promote a 'new economic agenda that is different from George W. Bush's policies.'"Bush Attacks: they're like bringing a plastic sword to a gun fight.
Furthermore, moderates and Independents "have completely divorced congressional Republicans from the economic philosophy and failed policies of President Bush."
Same polling memo:
ReplyDeleteTying Republican ideas to the identity of Bush creates as twenty to forty point swing depending on the formulation of the question.
There's not a single thing the GOP is offering this election that is not grounded in the economic policies of Bush. Not Kasich, not Portman, not a single GOP candidate for Congress.
"...moderates and Independents 'have completely divorced congressional Republicans from the economic philosophy and failed policies of President Bush.'"
ReplyDeleteWhen will the leftists figure out that Obama's economic policies are (George "LBJ") Bush policies, just accelerated to a suicidal speed--spending, bailouts, gov't expansion, debt and deficit. That's why the "It's Bush's fault!" opprobrium isn't sticking. Bush signed off on (and Obama voted for) everything they wanted since 1/07, which is why the economy started to tank in '06 when it became inevitable that the leftists were going to take over the Congress with a pliant President [i.e. "The Democrat Effect" (a.k.a. economic terrorism)]. They are being foisted on their own petards by railing against their own policies.
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