why are conservatives running for office distancing themselves from bush?

Question

could it be even his own party sees he is a failure. read about this at-http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060725/ap_on_el_se/republicans_bush;_ylt=AmxaT_iRgUIKf80kS2B6HR1p24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

to randman-your argument is flawed, john thune is from south dakota.

Answer 1

Do you know anything about Steele and Maryland or do you just use limited brain capacity? Micheal Steele is the Lt. Gov. of Maryland. Do you know that Maryland is a Blue State and for a republican to get the Senators seat he needs to listen to his voters and reflect their desires. Maryland is anti Bush - therefore Steele doesn't want Bush to endorse his campaign. He is smart for doing that. Steele just like all politicians will do whatever they deem necessary to win votes.

How about your party, in particular Nancy Pelosi condemning William Jefferson without a trial? Is that racist? Condemning a black senator without a fair trial? You need to worry about how to fix the democraps party & platform and not worry about 1 republican following the intrest of his voters.

Answer 2

republicans, like democrats, want to remain in positions of power. the larger problem faced by the republicans is simply the overall actions of bush and company using the white house for personal glory, not political posturing. bush has, and continues to believe he has all the say, and the republicans have been silent on it. they have given him the go ahead on so many anti-American ideals which the democrats continue to expose him on that many republicans are beginning to see him as a detriment to the political well being of the party, hence they need to try to portray themselves in a manner more palatable to the general public without an out and out battle against bush. it may, however, be too late for many since so much has been exposed about not only what, but how, the bush agenda has been put into place. one good example was the exposure of warrant-less wiretaps being used even though the fisa court was supposed to be used to obtain a legal wiretap. another being his use of signing statements to excuse him and members of his administration from complying with laws passed by congress and signed by him. his justification was simple, the laws encroached on executive privilege. this makes him above and beyond the law, allowing him to pass laws as president, then act as judge by saying he doesn't have to obey them because he thinks they're illegal. the republican party has let him do this, and now are trying to hide from their own actions.

Answer 3

The reason is that Bush isn't conservative. He is a couple of steps further right on the political spectrum, Fascist, just like his gandpa, Prescott Bush.

Good old Prescott was the banker in America for the NAZI party in Germany at the time of the third Reich.

Answer 4

I think the Neocons should be a seperate party, like the Libertarians. That way someone with true Republicans values could actually vote Republican without selling their grandchildren into slavery.

To answer your question more directly, this administration has been consolidating all the power while using it to make mistake after mistake. I would want to distance myself too.

Answer 5

Because Bush is a disgrace to most common conservatives.

Answer 6

Because they can remain to be seen as tough on terror and avoid being hurt by bush's low ratings.

Answer 7

No-one wants to fall into a manure pile

Answer 8

Because most conservatives believe in limited government, as do I, and he doesn't.

Answer 9

possibly because the man has the intelligence of a bedside lamp.

Answer 10

i now one thing he does bring in the big bucks for his party