Bush has a way to go to reach Nixonian depths but the internals on the CBS poll that Josh highlighted today are truly awful for the President. Worse than even his November polls (which were pretty disastrous- see below).

The lowlights:

50% disapprove of Bush's handling of the war on terror

Overall job approval: 34% (heading to Nixon-town)

Handling of Iraq 61% disapprove, 30% approve

Handling of Energy policy: 60% disapprove, 27% approve

Response to Katrina: 64% disapprove, 32% approve

(More internals follow)

Does Bush care about people like you: 51% not at all/not much

Personal views of Bush: 29% approve, 53% !! disapprove

(Can we put to rest the media myth that he's well liked and people think he cares about regular people, please?)

Personal views of Cheney: 18% (whoa) approve, 46% disapprove

Unlike the saber-rattling administration and their right-wing pundit-o-rama, 74% of the American people think Iraq can either be contained through diplomacy or that they don't actually present a threat to the US

50% disapprove of the Bush admin wiretaps, 46% approve

Even if you specifically mention terrorism, approve only increases to 51%

In retrospect, perhaps many Americans have now realized that they completely misunderestimated the President, finding his particular pronunciation of the word terror an endearing affectation. Many have now concluded that it was not a mispronunciation after all but in fact Bush was declaring, and has prosecuted with tremendous success, not a war on terror but a war on terra.

The lowlights from last November for those interested:

4) 64% think the administration was either hiding important elements or downright lying in making the case for war