Looking at the election returns in Virginia, New Jersey and Minnesota, one has to wonder if they are reflective of more than just local politics and instead an indication that the public has turned on the Bush White House.
While poll after poll has showed Bush's approval drop to levels associated with a failed presidency, many in the public have also given Democrats low ratings.
So is the public just mad at both sides and politicians in general; made a bargain with themselves that they can admit they have lost faith in Republican if they say the same about Democrats; or have the Republicans lost their base because the public has figured out they lied and Democrats have lost the middle because they lost their chance to get rid of Bush last year?
After four years of mismanagement the public was just about ready to vote against him until a despicable campaign managed to shift the campaign from a referendum on Bush to a referendum on a distorted view of Kerry.
However it one thing for voters to voice dissatisfaction, it is another thing for voters to actually step up and be willing to admit they made a mistake and vote against a sitting president.
Today they may be able to admit that they made a mistake and say today they would vote for Kerry, but as the Bush White House knows full well, it's a year too late.
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