Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Busy day
little time to post. But here are a few items:
1. Bush's popularity has taken a big hit from recent events (Clarke testimony, violence in Iraq, gas prices). This Pew poll has his approval at 43%, a new low. And he's getting killed in California---I think I'll be winning my bet that he runs no ads there.
2. Iraq is coming apart at the seams. Right now it's not clear how many US soldiers have been killed today (12? more?), or how many cities are seeing Shia uprisings (7?) or, for that matter, which are under rebel control (Najaf? others?). World opinion is that things are going to hell. If so, Joshua Marshall notes an inside tip that Bush & co have no clue what to do next (wouldn't that be a surprise).
3. "The king is just too busy to meet with the people's representatives. He's got funds to raise" This is sickening (from Juan Cole):
1. Bush's popularity has taken a big hit from recent events (Clarke testimony, violence in Iraq, gas prices). This Pew poll has his approval at 43%, a new low. And he's getting killed in California---I think I'll be winning my bet that he runs no ads there.
2. Iraq is coming apart at the seams. Right now it's not clear how many US soldiers have been killed today (12? more?), or how many cities are seeing Shia uprisings (7?) or, for that matter, which are under rebel control (Najaf? others?). World opinion is that things are going to hell. If so, Joshua Marshall notes an inside tip that Bush & co have no clue what to do next (wouldn't that be a surprise).
3. "The king is just too busy to meet with the people's representatives. He's got funds to raise" This is sickening (from Juan Cole):
Biden and Lugar also made it clear that they are not being consulted by the White House on Iraq, and, indeed, it has been a year since they could even get an appointment to see Bush about it. Imagine how locked out the American public is!
