They're Just Not That Into You

The military has long been one of President's Bush's strongest bases. However, new military polls shows that his numbers have dropped significantly, 9% down from last year. And considering many soldiers are not likely to openly criticize their Commander-In-Chief, I bet the real numbers are far lower than that.

Military Times: Troops sound off-

Military Times Poll finds high morale, but less support for Bush, war effort

Support for President Bush and for the war in Iraq has slipped significantly in the last year among members of the military’s professional core, according to the 2005 Military Times Poll.

Approval of the president’s Iraq policy fell 9 percentage points from 2004; a bare majority, 54 percent, now say they view his performance on Iraq as favorable. Support for his overall performance fell 11 points, to 60 percent, among active-duty readers of the Military Times newspapers...

George, when you can't even win the hearts and minds of our soldiers, we have a real problem here.