NOYB wrote:
Poll: Bush's Ratings Bump Up

(CBS) There is good news and bad news in this poll for President George W.
Bush. Americans have become more positive about the economy; more than half
think the economy is in good shape, an 8-point increase since October.

The President's overall approval rating has risen from 35 percent in October
to 40 percent now, and his ratings on handling the economy and the war in
Iraq have also improved.


HOW IS THE WAR GOING?

Very/somewhat well
Now 46%

Oct. 2005 40%



DID U.S. DO THE RIGHT THING GOING TO WAR WITH IRAQ?

Right thing
Now 48%

Oct. 2005 42%



VIEWS OF THE ECONOMY

Good

Now 55%
10/2005 47%


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Solid improvements across the board. Should be a very happy New Year!



The 2006 mid-term campaign is underway, with Bush now making half a
dozen speeches per month to resell a skeptical public on the invasion
and continuing occupation of Iraq.
IMO, the R's should have kept their closer in the bullpen until a later
inning. He'll tire, and the public will tire, of the same old fastball
pitch after pitch. Worse yet, for the R's, the opposing team will
quickly figure out how to hit his predictable attempts right out of the
park.

I continue to wish that GWB would do such a splendid job as POTUS that
the overwhelming majority (not a bare minority or a 2-3 point majority)
of Americans could say,
"There goes my president. I may not agree with him all the time, but
it's easy to admire and respect him." Unfortunately, we ain't there.