Poll: Support For Bush, Iraq War At Historic Lows
Man, President Bush's numbers are just plain awful. A new CBS poll finds his approval rating at 31%, with a staggeringly low 21% approving of his handling of the Iraq war -- the lowest number he's ever received, CBS says. Pessimism about the war is at an all time high, even worse than it was at the same point during the Vietnam War: "Opposition to the war is now taking on historic proportions, with 62 percent saying it was `a mistake' to send U.S. troops to Iraq — slightly more than told a Gallup Poll in 1973 that it was a mistake to send U.S. forces to Vietnam."
"By a 2-1 margin, Americans now say they have more confidence in congressional Democrats to handle the war than in the president," the poll continues. "Nearly six in 10 Americans want to see some kind of a drawdown in U.S. troop levels, including 25 percent who want all U.S. forces removed from Iraq."
It's hard to imagine that these numbers could get worse for the White House. But if things continue along this same course, they probably will.
Two More Years! Two More Years!
Could it be that congressional GOPers will grow so alarmed at the prospect of entering '08 with two burning tires around their necks (Bush and Iraq) that they'll lead Bush and Cheney quietly off the stage, in favor of a caretaker Pelosi presidency?
Unfortunately, it's not gonna happen. But there's no question it would be to the GOP's advantage--not to mention the country's--to end this Queeg-like nightmare sooner rather than later.
In terms of the analogy with the captain of the Caine, hey, the typhoon's raging, the decks are awash, the ship is foundering--and the Captain's obssessing about the missing strawberries.
Keep those steel balls rolling, Queegie--I mean, Bushie!
December 12, 2006 9:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
The Democrats would probably prefer not to impeach Bush/Cheney and focus exclusively on cleaning house in Congress and preparing for the 2008 elections, but, there may come a point where public pressure to impeach is simply irresistable and enough republicans are willing to go along in order to save their own skins and/or party.
Should be fun to watch.
December 12, 2006 1:00 PM | Reply | Permalink