I've been reading a number of posts on one of my favourite American blogs, DailyKos here and here and they are discussing a great deal about Bush's falling poll numbers.

My understanding of the American political system is at best vague. However, I do understand that there is a 2 term limit on a presidency. Bush is in his 2nd term, and irrespective of how good or bad he is, he can't run for a 3rd term (I bet Costello wishes Australia had such a system right now...).

From now on in, Bush shouldn't really need to give a damn about polls at all. Who cares? If he leaves office with a 30% approval rate, will it affect his ability to continue to be President? No. It won't. Whether he leaves with an approval rating of 99% or 10% won't make one whiff of difference.

I dare say no-one but the most vehement Repug could say that Bush is a good president. Now, he doesn't even NEED to be a good president. He can be as inarticulate, ignorant and vacationing as he wants. In fact, the more of a clown Bush looks, the more acceptable Dick 'Fuck off' Cheney looks....

Bush now has a mandate to fuck up whatever he wants and the next govt will have to clean it up, or ignore it hoping the subsequent govt will have to clean it up.

BC