Barack Obama’s George Bush Problem

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  August 9th at 04:46 AM  | 

Barack Obama has a George Bush problem. This is not a W problem, but an H. W. problem. Back in 1991, George H. W. Bush’s approval rating went up to between 89% and 91% in February of that year. He was on a high from winning the Iraq War. The Democrats were confounded and had no real answer to put up as an alternative. There | Read More »

Short Memories And Republican Successes

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  June 8th at 05:00 AM  | 

Back on March 15th, I wrote a post pointing out what happens when Republicans get milquetoast — their polling goes down. If you will go back to March 15th, there was a poll out that said the GOP hadn’t been compromising enough. In fact, the poll said that “71% say the GOP is not willing enough to compromise with Obama on the deficit.” I noted | Read More »