Griper Blade: Poll Shows No Good News for Republicans

Bad polling for the Decider these days. The final New York Times/CBS News poll to come out before the elections shows that only 29% approve of his handling of Iraq, nearly 70% say Bush has no plan for Iraq, and -- the most heartening number -- "an overwhelming 80 percent said Mr. Bush’s latest effort to rally public support for the conflict amounted to a change in language but not policy." In an unrelated unscientific poll, a whopping 71.17% think Bush is annoying. Ouch. (Hat tip to the indispensable Political Wire).

With only 20% believing we're winning in Iraq, the Republicans find themselves heading into an election that proving to be a referendum on the war. As a result, 52% of likely voters say they'll vote Democrat, while 33% of respondents said they'd vote for a GOP candidate. I really can't see the GOP closing a 19-point lead in the time they have left...

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