Slog - Comments on What's a Visit From Bush Worth? For Darcy Burner:$75,000 and Counting http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/whats_a_visit_from_bush_worth_for_dacy_b An interesting story was posted on The Politico on Friday. It's about how the conservative "Rightroots" are struggling to catch up to the liberal "Netroots" in terms of fund raising. Here in Washington, we're currently watching a good example of why the right is trying to match the left in its ability to generate internet cash. Starting on Friday, liberal bloggers here and across the country began promoting a fund-raiser for eastside Democrat Darcy Burner that is tied to today's visit to Bellevue by President Bush. Bush will be in Bellevue to raise money for the man Burner wants to... Copyright 2008 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:00:44 -0800 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:04:24 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle sweet - too bad we Seattleites will end up shelling out another $1 million in extra security costs for this unfunded federal imposition on Seattle.

When is GWB resigning?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/whats_a_visit_from_bush_worth_for_dacy_b#c791075 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/whats_a_visit_from_bush_worth_for_dacy_b#c791075 2008 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:33:01 -0800 Comment by matthew fisher wilder Why didn't Bush just paypal Reichert instead? There is nothing positive for the GOP about this Bush visit whatsoever.

Not that I mind this, but still.. ???

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/whats_a_visit_from_bush_worth_for_dacy_b#c791088 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/whats_a_visit_from_bush_worth_for_dacy_b#c791088 2008 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:52:04 -0800 Comment by Gratuitous Bush-Bashing Alert Service Poor Ms. Bruner and the Democrat party. They’re still running as if it was 2004. Time is running out on the Bush administration and time is also running out for the Democrat party to come up with new ideas on how to win elections. There’s hardly any more anti-bush sentiment that hasn’t already been utilized. It’s just theatre for them now.

Fact is, Bush is rising in the opinion polls and despite what amateur pundits say, the GOP still likes ‘W and wants to see him.

]]> Gratuitous Bush-Bashing Alert Service http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/whats_a_visit_from_bush_worth_for_dacy_b#c791094 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/whats_a_visit_from_bush_worth_for_dacy_b#c791094 2008 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:59:43 -0800 Comment by COMTE Right, shrub's poll numbers have jumped through the roof - all the way from 26% to a whopping 30%! Halleluja and pass the pork rinds!

At this point, quite a few key GOP legislators are trying to maintain as much distance between themselves and shrub in anticipation of a further GOP spanking in '08. While there may be some current pushback to the dismal polling numbers he showed earlier in the year, it's still only the most vociferously loyal hard-righties doing the pushing, and 30% approval is about as good as can be expected through the end of his term, barring some miracle, like say, the "sudden discovery" of Bin Laden in a cave in northern Pakistan or some-such.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/whats_a_visit_from_bush_worth_for_dacy_b#c791127 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/whats_a_visit_from_bush_worth_for_dacy_b#c791127 2008 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:24:49 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @3 - why haven't you enlisted, Red Bushie?

Uh huh. Sure. Coward! No go die for the Fuhrer.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/whats_a_visit_from_bush_worth_for_dacy_b#c791416 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/whats_a_visit_from_bush_worth_for_dacy_b#c791416 2008 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:04:24 -0800