I'm as sick of the word as anyone, but a new ABC News/Washington Post poll out today show's that 32 percent of the country approves of the job Bush is doing, compared to 66 percent who don't. Oh, and 77 percent think the country is headed in the wrong direction. The article accompanying the poll points out that "Bush is just two months away from Truman's record of 38 months without majority approval."
All of which bring us back to "change." It's not just Clinton, Obama and Edwards saying it. Hair gel Romney invokes the word constantly, and Huckabee's campaign is based on a populist message that we are not used to hearing from a Republican.
When following the presidential horse race, it's easy to forget that we currently have a president. It's comforting for two thirds of the country to think about what lies ahead and not what we have to cope with for another year.
But it should be at the front of every conversation about politics right now -- whoever is elected will take over from the worst, and most disliked administration in our country's history.
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The change talk is tiresome (when has there ever been an election where the challenger--or more accurately in this case, non-incumbent--hasn't talked about change?), but what I'm really sick of is Hillary talking about experience. The only experienced candidates in the Democratic race have dropped out. Hillary has about 4 years more experience in elected office than Obama (unless you count his state senate experience, which would put him over the top) and 2 more than Edwards. This 35 years of experience talk is ludicrous. Where is the starting point, graduation? Obama may as well embrace his kindergarten essay and say that he's got 35 years' experience, too.
Can somebody please call her out on that? Thin Man??
Thin Man to the rescue!!!!!!
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