Aha...! A post-Veterans Day poll with no bounce in sight...

looks like the veterans day attack speech, the p.r. campaign and the weekend talking points traveling circus have fallen on deaf ears...

• Two-thirds of independents and 91% of Democrats disapprove of the job Bush is doing. Even among Republicans, who have solidly backed Bush in the past, 19% express disapproval — a new high.

• For the first time — albeit by a narrow 49%-48% — a plurality disapprove of the way Bush is handling the issue of terrorism. Six in 10 disapprove of the way he's handling foreign affairs, the economy, Iraq and immigration, and 71% disapprove of him on controlling federal spending.

• A 53% majority say they trust what Bush says less than they trusted previous presidents while they were in office. In a specific comparison with President Clinton, those surveyed by 48%-36% say they trust Bush less.

• A record high 60% say going to war in Iraq was "not worth it." In a finding consistent with previous polls, 54% say it was "a mistake" to send troops there.

ok... let's think a minute... bush's last engagement of his asia trip is on november 21... thanksgiving is the 24th... that means he will probably head straight back to crawford... he will undoubtedly take at least a week or possibly more of vacation... then christmas is just around the corner... it'll be interesting to see just how much hiding out george does between now and the first of the year...

dontcha wish a president could be forced to resign on the basis of polls like a prime minister can be forced out with a vote of no confidence...?

and, just for chuckles and grins, another comment on those pesky polls...

"The polls do not reflect reality," [Tammy] Bruce said. "If all polls were right, John Kerry would be president now. Thank goodness he is not."

tammy bruce, self-described...

Tammy Bruce is an openly gay, pro-choice, gun owning, pro-death penalty, voted-for-President Bush progressive feminist. [...] Ms. Bruce's first book, The New Thought Police, [is] an analysis of freedom of expression and the culture wars, it explores the importance of freedom of expression and personal liberty and how that liberty is under attack by the dangerous rise of Left-wing McCarthyism.

a slightly different take...

I can't recommend that you read Ms. Bruce. Her command of the language is less than limited and her perspective is filled with ill-placed detestation. In two words, she's a malicious dog.

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