Urgent MEMO to Bush,Or, if he is unavailable: any ol' staffer

[kpete]

November 29, 2005
A Plan for Bush's Recovery
Larry Sabato writes a memo to President Bush explaining what he needs to do to bounce back from historically bad approval numbers:

"The lesson is obvious, Mr. President: You're a lot closer to Nixon than you are to Eisenhower, Reagan, and Clinton. And that's not where you want to be. Nixon's second term ended rather badly, as you will recall."

Sabato suggests the following:
Accept Reality on Iraq: "Whether you like it or not, you will have to withdraw a substantial portion of our troops before the midterm elections in November 2006 or risk a Democratic takeover of Congress."

Retool: "Drop the lead weights of proposals that will never see the light of day, don't come up with any more (no Mars missions), and focus your Presidency on the two great tasks for which history could remember you: fighting terrorism and rebuilding the Gulf Coast."

Re-staff: "A president -- just like every Major League team owner -- needs to refresh his roster from time to time with new, able people."

Admit One Big Error: "Let's choose something that even your strongest supporters in Congress deeply regret: the Medicare drug benefit. Do you know how many Republican Senators and Representatives have said privately that it is the worst, most regrettable vote of their careers?"
http://www.politicalwire.com/
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=LJS2005112901

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Filed in the round filing cabinet. Thank you for writing.