State of the Nation

A recent CBS News poll shows that

Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with the Iraq war, President Bush and the Congress, as well as the overall direction of the country.

More Americans than ever before, 77 percent, say the war is going badly, up from 66 percent just two months ago. Nearly half, 47 percent, say it's going very badly.


While the springtime surge in U.S. troops to Iraq is now complete, more Americans than ever are calling for U.S. forces to withdraw. Sixty-six percent say the number of U.S. troops in Iraq should be decreased, including 40 percent who want all U.S. troops removed. That's a 7-point increase since April.


The poll has bad news for President Bush, too. His job approval rating slipped to 27 percent, his lowest number ever in a CBS news poll – 3 points less than last month,and 1 point below his previous low of 28 percent in January. His disapproval rating is also at an all-time high of 65 percent.

Vice President Dick Cheney received a similarly low rating, with 28 percent approval and 59 percent disapproval.


The poll found a record number of Americans, 75 percent, believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. Only 19 percent think the U.S. is on the right track — the lowest number since CBS News first asked the question in 1983.

And so it goes. Americans have finally opened their eyes; htey must now take back the power and set this country back on the right track.

Thomas Jefferson said it best...

And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.

Especially tyrants.

Boston Liberty tree