GOP Pollster: Bush Administration "Over" and Irrelevant

"This administration may be over....By and large, if you want to be tough about it, the relevancy of this administration on policy may be over."

--- Lance Tarrance, a chief architect of the Republicans' 1960s and '70s Southern strategy, told a gathering of journalists and political wonks last week, per the Washington Post.

Reported the Post today, "A new poll by RT Strategies, the firm headed by Tarrance and Democratic pollster Thomas Riehle, shows that 59 percent of Americans disapprove of Bush's job performance, while 36 percent approve -- a finding in line with other recent polls.

Tarrance said it would be extremely difficult for any president to bounce back this late in his administration and reassert influence on Capitol Hill when his approval rating barely exceeds his party's base support and half of all adults surveyed said they 'strongly disapprove' of his performance.

An overwhelming 73 percent of independents disapprove of Bush's performance, and two-thirds of those "strongly disapprove."
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