I think one thing comes clear: Except for major or exceptional issues, Bush has not been all that popular. 3 points raised his approval, everything else has made it slowly slip away.
Interestingly, none of those events have anything to do with domestic policy issues, they are all "defence" issues. That suggests to me that there may be an opening for the democrats to argue "while our boys and girls are dying in war overseas, nobody is watching the store at home". This could play doubly well if the likely raising of interest rates combines with increases in gas prices to slow the economy faster than expected.
It's a really tough situation for Bush. I smell another 1 term bush coming up.
Alex
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