Quote of the Day II

"That's George Washington, the first President, of course. The interesting thing about him is that I read three -- three or four books about him last year. Isn't that interesting?"
--President George W. Bush, while attempting to use Washington to discuss how history judges a President and how history will judge him (May 7, 2006)

Yes, Mr. President, it's very interesting. Who knew you read so many books?

This is interesting too-

President Bush's approval rating has slumped to 31% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the lowest of his presidency and a warning sign for Republicans in the November elections...

31%. Even I'm surprised at that one, although maybe I shouldn't be.

Jonathan Schwartz looks at how George W. Bush and Richard Nixon are in a race to the finish in terms of historic disapproval. As he notes, "What’s really remarkable is this is WITHOUT any congressional investigation of Bush’s misdeeds, plus an economy far better (as much as it sucks for many) than in summer 1974. So Bush really has nowhere to go but down." Indeed. If Congress ever gets around to asking those hard questions, we even get at or below 30% before Election Day.