I hate to say it – and I hate to admit it – but president Bush is very
\nlikely a one-term president.<\/p>\n
I predicted it long ago during the race of 2000. The economy was just ripe for downturn. The nineties had been quite prosperous. Any signs of recession had been evaporated by the rush to take advantage of the next big thing: the internet. You can delay a recession for a while but you just can’t fight it. We were due and any president, be it Bush or Gore, would have to try. The battle is often lost at the polls in an election year. Just ask father Bush.<\/p>\n
I don’t think I can blame Bush any more for the recent economic plunge
\nthan I can credit Clinton for our economic prosperity of the 90s – despite
\nAl Gore’s claims that he, in fact, invented the internet. Its simple
\nmacroeconomics. Economic growth and contraction follow each other
\nin a fairly repeatable pattern. Both Gore and Bush had to see the troubles
\nahead.<\/p>\n
George W. Bush’s staying power at the polls, largely generated from his I also hate to say that Bush can increase his chances of reelection by starting a
\nleadership after the terrorist attacks last year, is now
\nfading<\/a>
\nand the economy is to blame. Big surprise. We unite behind our president
\nduring times of war, as we should. However, in times of relative peace,
\nwe become a bit more introspective and look at the problems at home.<\/p>\n
\nwar with Iraq. I hate to mention it because I feel that a war with Iraq is
\nbasically inevitable. We can do it now or we can wait for Iraq to manufacture the
\nweapons needed to really give us nightmares. This problem should have been solved years ago. It shouldn’t be considered a political move, despite its obvious benefits at the polls.<\/p>\n