Hmmm ...

Here's something puzzling to me. President W has had quite a bit of electoral support since the attack on the WTC. In 2002, an off-year election, he gained seats in both houses of Congress, an almost-unheard-of thing. Then again in 2004 he was re-elected and gained seats in the Congress. Now, two years later, he's completely repudiated. Things in Iraq are not going great, but they're not a disaster either. The economy is going great. W has not changed his approach to government in a drastic way, either, except for the prescription drug debacle (which was and is pure idiocy.) So why this turnaround?

Now, just a week after a watershed election, a poll comes out showing that almost 80% of respondents are worried Democrats are going to pull out of Iraq too fast. 80%! That's huge! The same poll shows 70% are afraid Democrats are not going to allow Bush to do what he needs to to fight terrorism. 70%! That's huge too! Those numbers are overwhelming majorities! Are these the people who voted Democrats into Congress? Again I ask, where did this turnaround come from?

I have to wonder ...