An example: from January of this year until the summer, President Bush traveled the nation doing so-called Town Hall forums advocating Social Security Reform. He did over 70 of these events with massive local media attention. The result of this huge investment of Presidential Prestige? A total dismissal by the American people and the GOP Congress of the entire subject!
In other words, the more President Bush stuck with the same script, the more he killed off the very issue he was promoting.
Now the exact same thing is happening with his signature effort as President: the American people have tuned him out on his views of his war in Iraq. He has squandered his political capital and his credibility.
What a mess!
Now, how to fix it?
He needs to make some changes - in personnel and policy - and do it now.
1) Announce the ‘resignation’ of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld.
