W's approval rating

Fascinating how your perspective can be radically different depending on your news sources. From the headline, one can get the impression that Bush has failed to sway the American people on Iraq or (without reading to entire article), that his popularity is rebounding. While there is little doubt that a bit of encouraging economic news has been a ray of sunlight for our commander-in-chief, it's interesting to note that despite a full-court press tour, Americans aren't buying his rhetoric on the war in Iraq.

As I did during the last presidential election, I use Rasmussen as a bellwether. In that poll, Bush's popularity hasn't changed significantly (in my opinion) for some time.

It leaves this jaded patriot wondering (for the first time in a long time) if the system is working.