Problems with Bush

In a local newspaper interview, losing candidate in New Jersey's gubernatorial election Douglas Forrester criticized the recent bad news for President Bush as one of the keys in his defeat last week. He cited the Federal government's failure in its response to hurricane Katrina as a particular tipping point. It looks as if association with Bush's policies was a factor in the Republican loss for the governorship of Virginia, and one representative, J.D. Hayworth up for reelection in Arizona in 2006 has declared that he doesn't want any 'help' from President Bush in his campaign. It will be interesting to see the effect of this seeming need to disassociate from Bush's policy has upon the work of the Congress in the next year.