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[wrog]

2006 is only two years away; it took less time to get rid of Nixon and he actually won by a landslide in '72.

It amazes me that I wrote this line a year ago. I figured then that it was just pissing in the wind at best, but if Fitz really does have Cheney in the gunsights, ... well, hell...

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[twistjusty.livejournal.com]

Apparently, with what's bollixed now and what's about to be bollixed, the current President's nadir of populace affection is higher than the nadirs of the last eight predecessors of his office. Political ingenue that I am, I'm wondering why this is. I'm also wondering if the more socially and fiscally more liberal Mr. Nixon's popularity suffered because he didn't do enough to reach out to the fundamentalist/evangelical sort, or because they weren't organized enough at that point.

I'm pessimistic: I don't think indictments are going to impact the current President's popularity -- Iraq, CIA leak, flimsy claims of WMD evidence, sluggish federal emergency aid action just don't seem enough to disturb the TRUE BELIEVERS that seem to represent >40% of people polled. Having a base that doesn't waver apparently does a lot to ensure stability against events that chip away at one's approval rating. If voters were, on a whole, as rational and as conscious as this post's commenters (myself excepted, of course) appear to be, then I'd see some hope.