Bush at a New Low!

And no, I'm not referring to frog torturing, freshman hot-iron branding, chronic drinking, cocaine snorting, draft dodging, bankrupting various businesses, using the governorship to reward his friends, vote stealing, war starting, or screwing the most helpless people in the country.

I'm talking about his newest AP-Ipsos Poll ratings:

An Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted this week found the president's approval rating has dropped to 33 percent, matching his low in May. His handling of nearly every issue, from the
Iraq war to foreign policy, contributed to the president's decline around the nation, even in the Republican-friendly South.

More sobering for the GOP are the number of voters who backed Bush in 2004 who are ready to vote Democratic in the fall's congressional elections — 19 percent. These one-time Bush voters are more likely to be female, self-described moderates, low- to middle-income and from the Northeast and Midwest.

Two years after giving the Republican president another term, more than half of these voters — 57 percent — disapprove of the job Bush is doing.

Thirty-three per cent? Oh baby! And the Democrats hold an 18 point lead in the Congressional election preference--the same as in the most recent Fox "News" poll.

Democrats, speak up STRONGLY on national security this fall. Don't let the Republicans once again cynically exploit fears of terrorism. Smack them down hard for their failures. And above all--

MAKE THE ELECTION A REFERENDUM ON BUSH AND CHENEY.

I'll think we'll be happy with the results if we do.