June 03, 2004

Reaganite defections fuel Bush poll decline -- Bruce Bartlett. "I do not believe that Kerry�s gains in the polls have come as the result of Iraq. Rather, I think President Bush is paying the price for having abandoned conservative principles on too many occasions over the last three and a half years, which has sapped his support among the Republican party's base. Poll data support this analysis. According to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, almost all of Bush's decline in support has come from his base. He is not losing support from moderates, nor is Kerry gaining at his expense. Rather, Bush is simply losing his own people. I believe this has nothing to do with Iraq. I think it is because conservatives have slowly come to the conclusion that he is really not one of them .. ". More BRUCE BARTLETT. Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack