Iraq Approval Down to Thirty-Eight Percent

Iraq is starting to be a lead weight for Bush, and probably the rest of the Republicans.

Approval of Bush's handling of Iraq, which had been hovering in the low- to mid-40s most of the year, dipped to 38 percent. Midwesterners and young women and men with a high school education or less were most likely to disapprove of Bush on his handling of Iraq in the past six months.

Thirty-eight percent is dismal. Almost two-to-one against the handling of the war. The neocons have led them down the path of disaster.

Also, and in some ways more significantly, the number of people who think Bush is honest has fallen below fifty percent.

The portion of respondents who consider Bush honest has dropped slightly from January, when 53 percent described him that way while 45 percent did not. Now, people are just about evenly split on that issue -- with 48 percent saying he is honest and 50 percent saying he is not.

Some people are starting to understand we were duped into this war by people with a different agenda.

Finally, an Ohio special election sends a waring to the GOP, which won a usually safe seat by a thin margin.

Democrat Paul Hackett, an Iraq war veteran and vocal critic of President Bush's Iraq policy, came within 4,000 votes of upsetting Republican Jean Schmidt in the solidly GOP 2nd Congressional District in southwestern Ohio.

Republicans should consider getting off this sinking ship as soon as possible.