Erosion

I think Dubya is officially cratering. Atrios links to the latest Zogby poll numbers, and they're bad, very bad.

Not only is his overall approval down to 30% (a new low for this poll), but his approval among Republicans is down to 60% (it used to be up in the 80s), and among Born Again Christians, it's 43%. I repeat, 43%. That's... spectacular. And in case you're wondering, he's at 22% among Independents, and 9% among Democrats (the 9% must all live in Connecticut or something).

Consider also, this poll began before the ISG Report came out and mainstreamed the idea that the Iraq invasion was a catastrophic mistake, and (I believe) completed before Bush blew off the Report's recommendation to start withdrawing troops from Iraq, which was, well, kinda the whole point.


But, Barney has a new video! He's planning a Holiday Extravaganza! Hard to say how this might affect the numbers - on the one paw, everyone loves Barney. On the other paw, he's throwing away a lot of his hard-earned political capital by joining the Anti-Christmasofascist hordes.