The Tide Turns

As nearly every lefty blog in creation seems to have noticed, Bush's Teflon has worn away entirely:

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=732

Yes, that's a 45% positive rating and a 54% negative rating on his job performance. There obviously isn't much ambiguity left in Americans' feelings about our Dear Leader. With unemployment continuing to climb, Wall Street sinking, and Iraq turning into a fiasco, Bush's invulnerability was long since a thing of the past. There's still over a year before the election, and anything can happen -- but such a drop at this stage, given his previously stratospheric numbers, shows remarkable vulnerability. Dr. Rove is almost certainly preparing his escape pod. :-D

Meanwhile, the Democrats were displaying impressive solidarity during the primary debate [link to http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0905debate05.html now dead] in New Mexico. While Senator Lieberman and Rep. Kucinich did indulge in the occasional pot shot at front-runner Howard Dean (which he riposted with skill and style, I might add), for the most part they drew distinctions between each other in a constructive and positive manner. Wisely, they saved their fire for Bush and his disastrous administration. Tellingly, nearly every jab earned cheers and applause from the audience, who were clearly overjoyed to hear the return of the opposition party.

The unthinkable has become the status quo -- the SS Bush is a sinking ship, while the winds of the Democratic primary race fill the sails of those most willing to take on the Commander-in-Thief. The tide is, indeed, turning, and even Rove can't make the tide wait for him.

(/) Roland X
That's Captain Roland X! ;-)