Bad Times Ahead

As Bush and the White House crew keep on with their Rose Garden optimism the sad cold reality of Baghdad pessimism is setting in with the American people. The new Associated Press/Ipsos poll shows President Bush's approval rating at 43 percent, approval of his handling of the war in Iraq at 41 percent, and just 35 percent of American adults saying they think the country's on the right track.
Looks like most Americans see bad times ahead... and the Iraqi people may not see things much differently. In the Washington Post article by Shadid and Fainaru their observations about the morale of the Iraqi military force dont bode well for Rose Garden optimists.

But what is there to be so glum about? Bush and the Republican elite have now promised to rescind the $124 million they promised to community colleges. Remember all those stump speeches where Bush said he would help to retrain displaced workers? $2.3 billion in govt programs is set to be eliminated this year which means more necessary programs cut, more corporate welfare and billions of dollars spent in Iraq with no end in sight. Now who wouldn't be happy about that?