Wow! Not a fun situation for the Republicans. It is VERY telling that the candidates would scrupulously avoid mentioning their current president. That many people speaking publicly over that long a period means that this is not just a coincidence.
Even the Republicans know that Bush has screwed up.
The Los Angeles Times notes that the transcript of Tuesday's Republican presidential debate "does, indeed, make it official: The men vying to keep the White House in GOP hands appear loath to utter the current occupant's name."
"The panel of questioners made direct mention of President Bush (or the "Bush administration") seven times... Yet in their responses, Bush's name did not escape the lips of any of the candidates with even a ghost of a chance of capturing the Republican nomination. And this omission occurred over two hours -- longer than the usual 90-minute face-offs."
[Taegan Goddard's Political Wire]
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