CNN:
President Bush tried to drown out political anxieties about war and sex Wednesday by sounding alarm bells on national security and urging people to "vote Republican for the safety" of the country.
This week has put the Republicans' bid to keep control of Congress in further jeopardy and brought even more bad news for the president. Republicans on Capitol Hill have been damaged by one member's online sexual advances against teenage boys, while military commanders in Iraq are grappling with a rash of troop casualties and allegations of police corruption.
New polls show Americans are increasingly unhappy with Bush's leadership and the war in Iraq. And even after months of campaigning on immigration reform, he had to sign a bill Wednesday with only a fraction of the changes he wanted.
Still, Bush persisted with the strategy that has brought Republican victory in the last two elections -- campaigning on national security with some tax talk thrown in. With Republicans down, he tried to bring Democrats down even further.
"If the other bunch gets elected, they're going to raise your taxes," Bush charged during a breakfast fundraiser for Rep. Rick Renzi at the posh Camelback Inn near Phoenix, Arizona.
George, not even taxes are as scary to voters as two more years of the train with no brakes that's been your administration. Welcome to a future as a caretaker government.
And get used to hearing the term, "Will the defendent please rise?"
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