From Chief White House Correspondent Kenneth T. Walsh:
White House strategists are increasingly resigned to a long, miserable spring because of bad news on so many fronts.
"You just get to the point where you hate to go out to your stoop and pick up your paper in the morning and see what today's lead story is," says an adviser to President Bush. "The news always seems to be bad, and we can't catch a break."
Only improvement on the ground in Iraq will lift the president's fortunes, and that will take many weeks if it happens at all, Bush allies concede. "It's still 'our' war, and if it doesn't get better we're in big trouble," the GOP adviser says. "President Bush's legacy is tied to Iraq, and what happens there will make all the difference for Republicans."
For more on the topic, see Walsh's full report here.
Reader Comments