(I'll say it again - Mr. President, the Granite State needs your presence. Please visit us! - promoted by Dean Barker)
[First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate 2008 Guru: Following the Races.]
It looks like Bush's low approvals have Sununu's advisors skittish, as they must have coached him on this most recent turnaround.
Four days ago:
In New Hampshire, Sununu eventually conceded that he would accept the president's help.
"Of course, I am hoping to accept any Republican support," he said, slipping through a members-only escape hatch, an emergency exit off the Senate floor.
Today's change of heart:
New Hampshire Senator John Sununu said he wouldn't campaign with George W. Bush next year ``in this climate'' because of the president's low job-approval ratings.
Sununu, a Republican facing a tough re-election, said ``the president's popularity, unfortunately, is at a fairly low level.'' He spoke in an interview with Bloomberg Television's ``Political Capital with Al Hunt,'' scheduled to air today.
Bush campaigned for Sununu in New Hampshire twice during the 2002 election, when Sununu beat Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, a former governor, by about 20,000 votes. Shaheen, who hasn't declared her candidacy, led Sununu 56 percent to 34 percent in a Concord Monitor poll of likely voters conducted this month.
See John Run. Run John, Run.
Update by Dean: LOL! Steve Marchand responds to the latest sprintin': "Neither of us plan on campaigning with George Bush in 2008," said Marchand, "but only I can campaign without George Bush's record in 2008." |
