Can President Bush Pull Off a Gov. Schwarzenegger Turnaround?

National Ledger ^ | Jan. 25, 2007 | Debra Saunders

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President Bush, whose approval rating has fallen to 35 percent, seemed to borrow a page from the Team Arnold playbook when he delivered his State of the Union Address Tuesday night. The Bushies should want to mimic Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's impressive turnaround. In 2005, only one-third of California voters approved of the governor. In 2006, Schwarzenegger handily won re-election and a majority of voter approval.

As California GOP Chairman Duf Sundheim noted, Bush and Schwarzenegger both have tapped into the public's desire to "move forward" and get things done.

"Whatever you voted for," Bush told Congress of its passage of the Iraq war resolution, "you did not vote for failure."

Then, on Wednesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee did vote for failure -- or at least it passed a nonbinding anti-troop surge resolution. Lt. Gen. David Petraeus had told the Armed Services Committee Tuesday that such an action would embolden Iraqi insurgents.

A recent Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll asked Democrats if they personally wanted the new Bush plan to succeed in Iraq, and 51 percent of Democrats said yes, while 34 percent said no and 15 percent didn't know. So they shouldn't get indignant when those who support the war question the patriotism of some war critics.

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This great man and great president will be looked back on as one of the greatest if not the greatest president ever. The way this man has kept his chin up during troubled times should set an example for every man, woman, and child in this country. I dare say that he will be spoken of in the same breath as Abraham Lincoln. Bush needs not look towards Arnold, but should look to himself.

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Great, a combo of Terminatus Strudelhead and Elmer Fudd.

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"This great man and great president will be looked back on as one of the greatest if not the greatest president ever. The way this man has kept his chin up during troubled times should set an example for every man, woman, and child in this country. I dare say that he will be spoken of in the same breath as Abraham Lincoln. Bush needs not look towards Arnold, but should look to himself."


Well said!!!