Wishful Thinking

As I wrote yesterday, the Democrats are thinking that they can take congress back by the simple fact that Americans are so unhappy with the Republicans that they will vote for people that have no plan simply because they are not the party in power.
It is wishful thinking.
Despite the lousy poll numbers for the president and congress, the American people are smarter than simply voting for the other guy just because they don't like the way things are going.
Why do I have this hope?
Because I think this is the bottoming out of the numbers.
Mr. Bush will have the numbers go up because gas prices will stabilize and there will be a troop withdrawal from Iraq.
What the president has to do is what he does best.
He has to lead. He needs to take the innitive from all comers.
After all, he has led the war against terror, led the way on the tax cuts and had the guts to talk about social security reform.
Eventually the public will see that he is not a focus group president unlike his predecessor. As he has and infact some events were beyond his control, he will make mistakes. But the public will see that at the end of the day he is honest and trustworthy.
No one on the other side can lead like Mr. Bush. They only care about their special interest groups and try to please them. They do not speak for the vast majority of Americans and it has shown as they have been solidly defeated in the last three national election cycles and the red states are getting redder and the blue states are singing the blues.
What we need Mr. President is for you to lead.
That is what the American people are looking for as well.