WALLACE: The president has been taking fire recently from Republicans not
only running for president but even thinking of running for president. Here's a sample.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
REP. TOM TANCREDO, R-COLO.: I have been so disappointed in the president in so many ways. We've lost credibility — the way we bungled Katrina.
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SEN. JOHN
MCCAIN, R-ARIZ.: This war was very badly mismanaged for a long time.
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NEWT GINGRICH, FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
I don't think that he drives implementation and looks at the reality in which he's trying to implement things.
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WALLACE: What does the president make of all the criticism? And when you combine it with his failure to move more Republican votes on immigration reform, is he now a lame duck?SNOW: No.
No??? Even Brit Hume gets it1:
HUME:... The problem is that at this stage of his presidency, given the profound unpopularity of the Iraq war, which is now the centerpiece of his presidency, he just doesn't have much influence anymore.
UPDATE:
Hume later said:
Now, look. He doesn't have a lot of political capital left. That is to say, he doesn't have the kind of influence where he can go out and sway the public with arguments.
1SHOW: FOX NEWS SUNDAY 9:00 AM EST
June 10, 2007 Sunday
TRANSCRIPT: 061003cb.250
SECTION: NEWS; Domestic
LENGTH: 3706 words
HEADLINE: Fox News Sunday Roundtable
BYLINE: Chris Wallace, Brit Hume, Mara Liasson, Bill Kristol, Juan Williams
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