Sadly I didn't actually say it on this blog so my smugness must instead be internalized. Anyhow I offered some punditry concerning Bush throwing his weight behind the possible ammendment. I said it was a huge mistake for 2 reason. 1) it alienated moderate conservatives and any floating voters, and 2) He'd lose the vote in the senate.
Turns out that Oxblog have been conducting a poll by getting readers to contact their senator and ask them how they'd vote. At the moment they have only polled half with the rest still being asked and the results show that only 4 more 'against' votes are required to kill any amendment in the senate.
So in other words even if it makes it through the House of Reps it isn't going to make it through the senate.
So in other words George Bush has just allied with the wrong side. If he'd just kept his mouth shut he'd still be looking at a 2nd term. I'm thinking, unless everything blows over and people just forget about this whole thing (which probably won't happen) he's going to be screwed at the ballot box by someone like Kerry.
Later
John