GOP IN TROUBLE IN RED STATES

Spent the better part of last week in the heart of Red State country and if any of you think that Bush is home free out there, think again. Blue roofs dominate the landscape, blue because that is the color of the plastic tarps covering unrepaired roofs throughout the South. Insurance companies in Florida have pegged repair at $2.17 per foot when the absolute lowest possible replacement cost is $5.23; homeowners flat can't get insurance, something that has chilled the RE market---I spoke with one RE broker who had seventeen listings and not a nibble from a buyer. Worse, huge downed trees with exposed mud encrusted roots soaring ten to twelve feet in the air dot the landscape because no government entity will haul them away and homeowners can't pay the cost for cleaning out the two and three thousand pound behemoths; fences are down even in high end properties, trees and garbage block the canals in South Florida. And the hurricaine season is only three months away.

The president, and the Republicans, have lost the confidence of the people. All feel that he is out of touch or flat doesn't care. Government has broken down on every level.