Harris Poll

There are some interesting numbers in today's Harris poll. Bush's approval has taken another nose dive, down 5 percentage points since June to 40%.

The fact that much of the decline is related to the war in Iraq shows up in responses to the question "What do you think are the two most important issues for the government to address?". In June the number for the Iraq war was 24 and in the most recent poll 41.

Related I think, and very disturbing, are the responses to the question "And how would you rate the job Democrats in Congress are doing – excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?". The positive number has declined from 33 to 31. If the Democrats in congress (and the DLC) don't see this as a repudiation of their "don't critisize the war" mantra all hope is lost. The only conclusion we can draw from this poll is "it's the war stupid". How long before the DC Democrats realize this?