He doesn’t care what his ratings are, neither the democrats he’s working with...The supporters of the bill would take low ratings to get it passed...And....If they don’t get it passed it could be authorized somehow through 9/11 powers for security or economy reasons...
“And i’m confident that when all is said and done Bush will have an approval ratings in the teens.”
Not if they believed it would really get them kicked out of office. These traitors crave money, of course, but they crave the power and prestige of their office even more. They have lived with low ratings before yet keep on getting reelected. Until some Senators are given the boot because of their opposition to the will of their constituents, they have no reason to be concerned about voter approval.