Bush's Poll Numbers Hitting the Danger Zone

Reuters has a more thinky piece on a variety of the latest polls and how they spell doom and gloom for Bush. The country thinks we're headed in the wrong direction, according to the polls, which is hardly surprising given the news of late. And still, the growing unease with Bush isn't yet spelling any great boon for Kerry. But a number of the poll watchers say that presidents don't win re-election when their numbers are this bad, partly because even if Kerry's numbers aren't great, when there's this much dissatisfaction, people turn to any alternative as being potentially better.

It is odd that Bush's numbers are going down overall, yet concerning the specific scandal of late, the prisoner abuse saga, polls were showing that people thought Bush was handling it well. I think what may finally be sinking into people's heads is that while they aren't willing to fault Bush for anything in particular, they are finally starting to fault him for everything in general. Meaning, they can't point to any one thing that ticks them off with him, but overall they're realizing that he's the reason things aren't going so well. Hallelujah. It's about time.