http://thedaily.washington.edu/opinion.lasso?-database=DailyWebSQL&-table=Articles&-response=opinionpage.lasso&-keyField=__Record_ID__&-keyValue=14276&-searchTime for a new direction
According to a new poll from the Pew Research Center, only 38 percent of Americans believe that President Bush is doing a good job in office, which shows a steep decline from the 50 percent recorded in January.
This rating marks an all-time low for Bush. When asked about the way things were going in the United States, 65 percent of pollsters were dissatisfied, and only 29 percent were satisfied snip
First, let's see where Bush went wrong.
His biggest failures were seen in the federal budget deficit, where 66 percent of participants felt he had made things worse, and the only category in which he made things better was national security. Forty-seven percent of people found Bush's policies have improved the United States' national security, but 30 percent think he has made it worse.
Support for military action in Iraq is also wavering, and unlike times before, now Bush is receiving criticism from both the left and the right. In past few years that the United States has deployed troops in Iraq, a majority of Americans have supported keeping a military presence in Iraq until the nation is stable.
This is not true anymore.
For the first time, 50 percent of Americans of all political affiliations believe the choice to use military force in Iraq was wrong. This is likely because the number of troops killed has passed the 2,000 deaths mark, and American patience for the day when Iraq will function without U.S. support is running out.
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