NY Daily News: Can Bush stop his long slide?

[brooklynite]

BY THOMAS M. DeFRANK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF

WASHINGTON - Is the troubled Bush presidency prematurely cooked? Many prominent Republicans have reluctantly begun to embrace that apocalyptic conclusion.

"The country has given up on him," said GOP consultant Ed Rollins, echoing several other Republican sources, including longtime Bush confidants and party officials. "It's too late to turn it around."

A Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll reported last week that with 34 months left in Bush's tenure, 53% of the country believes he is already a lame duck.

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For Bush to reverse his sagging political fortunes, however, even loyalists agree he and his underachieving staff must perform more crisply - and the Iraq intervention must show significant improvement.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/400943p-339682c.html