Republicans against Bush

John Nichols points out that Bush, our supposedly popular president who is running against no one for the Republican nomination, only received 78% of NH's Republican primary vote. The Bush administration has a history of their distaste in pesky things like democracy getting in the way of his image, so I wonder if they have any say in some states cancelling their Republican primaries:

Considering President Bush's less-than-stellar showing in New Hampshire, it should come as little surprise that Republicans in some states have decided to cancel their primaries. In South Carolina, for instance, the state Republican Party's executive committee decided not to hold their state's tradition first-in- the-south primary. They simply endorsed Bush for reelection and agreed to select delegates at district and state Republican Party conventions where, presumably, the president will not have to run the risk of embarrassment at the hands of independent thinking voters.

Makes you wonder about what will happen to the elections in November is it looks like Bush is losing.