Here is an excerpt from The Ledger Enquirer:
As ardent Democrats count the days until George W. Bush leaves office, many Republicans in Congress eagerly await the time when their 2008 nominee eclipses the president and, they hope, improves their re-election prospects.
In blunt terms, even Bush's most loyal allies say their fate next year may come to this: Will voters largely forget the president and focus on a nominee who can distance himself from the Iraq war, a beleaguered attorney general and other problems that have sapped Bush's popularity.....
"If the president doesn't move forward, then his hand will be forced here, even among Republicans," Rep. Deborah Pryce, R-Ohio, said in an interview in the Capitol. By early next year, she said, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee - no matter who it is - will lift the party's spirits.
The presumptive GOP presidential nominee will lift the party's spirits?????? Are they kidding?????The Republicans got us into a war in which almost 4,000 Americans have died. Tens of thousands of American military service personnel have been wounded/injured in Bush's war. We will have to carry the billions of dollars of debt for the war for many, many years to come. However, Deborah Pryce thinks everything will be hunky dory once the Republicans have a nominee??????? Is she dealing with reality? Wishing and hoping for a Republican savior will not save their party and bring a change to the country. People will not forget what the Republicans have done.