Throw all the bums out

As you know I'm not much of a believer in polls but it's worth remarking about these numbers.

The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll showed 47 percent of voters "strongly" disapprove of Bush's job performance, vs. 20 percent who said they "strongly approve."

You can add in all the varibles and spin it to look a little better, (and they will) but it's rather incredible that only 20 percent strongly approve of the preznit's performance. It's equally astounding that those 20 percent still haven't figured out they've been had. Or maybe those are all people who work for Halliburton and the other major corporate players of the military industrial complex. From their perspective I guess life is pretty good.

Of course the downside of these numbers is that our lazy milquetoast Democrats will want to rest on their laurels and just wait for the Republican party to implode.

"In a midterm election, motivation is the biggest factor," said Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), head of his party's House campaign efforts this year.

They're banking on demotivated Republicans to stay home and pissed off Democrats to show up to the polls. The Democratic party would do well to consider that if they don't fight the next blitz of base-placating legislation the GOP is about to launch, and fight hard, they could demotivate their own party loyals. The Dems ignore the general anti-incumbent sentiment among the moderate electorate at their own peril.

Glenn Reynolds himself has lately joined me in predicting a third party opportunity in 08, but I'm going on record right now to say the third party showings in 06 will greatly exceed the conventional expectations.