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Occasionally, outlets like The Note will mention that Republicans turn pale every time they glace at their most recent internal polling. National Journal noted yesterday that Ken Mehlman wants the caucus to be prepared for the worst.
RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman met with Republican members of Congress this week to impress upon them just how bad the opinion polls are looking for them, and warning that they face a possible catastrophe in November….
This warning contributed to GOP determination to pass a tax reconciliation bill that will extend the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts beyond their current expiration dates at the end of the decade."
How bad is it for the majority party? TNR's Michael Crowley received the latest RNC fundraising email in his inbox yesterday and almost felt sorry for Mehlman after seeing his not-so-effective rallying cry.
"This year, we face another momentous choice. Fight and defeat the terrorists, or retreat from the central front in the War on Terror. Live up to our calling as Americans to stand for freedom, or choose Democrats, who have been clear that they will censure and impeach the President if they win back Congress."
Hmm, Mehlman thinks voters should rally behind the GOP so U.S. troops will stay in Iraq, which few Americans want to do, and to help shield Bush, with his 32% approval rating, from accountability. Or as Josh Marshall put it, "The president can't afford to lose either house of Congress. Because they've just got too many bad acts and secrets to conceal."
No wonder Mehlman finds it necessary to impress upon Republicans "just how bad the opinion polls are looking for them." |
