They Don't Like Him Either?

From the wires:

WASHINGTON - From Iraq to deficits, from immigration to port security, some of the most pointed criticism leveled at
President Bush is coming from within his own party. Republicans these days are almost sounding like perennially divided Democrats.

The rising GOP angst stems from Bush's deep slump in the polls and the growing unpopularity of the Iraq war.

But it also reflects a political reawakening as Republicans follow their own political interests in this midterm election year and as would-be 2008 presidential contenders seek ways to set themselves apart — from each other and from Bush.

"It's open season on him. George Bush has lost trust on too many issues," said presidential historian Thomas E. Cronin of Colorado College. "We saw it happen with Johnson, we saw it with Nixon. And now, sadly, we're seeing it with Bush."

The only solace to frustrated Republicans could be that Democrats seem to be struggling themselves to come up with unified positions on Iraq and many other major issues.

Ah, but the Reps are just trying to distance themselves from him because it's a mid-year election cycle and the American people are so very tired of Mr. Bush's pouting, braggart frat-boy style of leadership.