Bush vs. Nixon ... Too Close to Call:
"Bush’s ... disapproval rating now exceeds or equals that of Nixon’s in every Gallup poll except one ... the final poll in July, 1974 just before Nixon left office ... What’s really remarkable is this is WITHOUT any congressional investigation of Bush’s misdeeds, plus an economy far better ... than in summer 1974."

Josh Speculates on New Lows for Bush Approval:
"Each point lower digs deeper into the base of truly committed partisans and unquestioning hacks. So knocking off each new point on the way down requires ever greater displays of incompetence, failure and general infamy. And even for President Bush that's a challenge."

Rove Inictment Within Two Weeks:
"Karl Rove's legal team has told me that they expect that a decision will come sometime in the next two weeks. And I am convinced that Karl Rove will, in fact, be indicted ... the lawyers that I've been speaking with who know this stuff say, don't bet on Karl Rove getting out of this."

Bush Further Dismantles US Intelligence Capability:
"... our whole intelligence infrastructure is being chopped apart ... in ways that Congress never envisioned ... More immediately troubling is the fact that all our forward-leaning intelligence capacity is being taken over by ... Don Rumsfeld, a guy who ... is a demonstrated failure at the job, someone who should already have been fired."

Bush Presence in White House Guarantees Failure:
"The truth is that as long as Bush is in power, it doesn't matter whether the troops leave or stay. If they stay, the Bush administration's utter incompetence will ensure ... Iraq's slide into disaster.  Likewise, if the troops withdraw, Bush's incompetence will guarantee ... that it will rapidly get much worse."

Super-Rich Own GOP, GOP Services Super-Rich:
"If you were part of the Republican leadership and were working to make some tax cuts permanent, which ones would you focus on? A tax cut that lowers rates for everyone? Or one that primarily helps the super rich? ... As you can see, the bars on the chart barely even register for anyone making less than a million bucks a year. That's the tax cut the GOP is making its highest priority."

How Bush Lies Killed Policy Debate in America:
"There is a constitutional crisis when the President refuses to follow the law and Congress refuses to hold him accountable.  ... wonkery is at this point counterproductive because the essence of wonkery is an assumption of good faith.  ... The Bush administration has broken that basic compact.  They lie.  All the time.  They approach arguments in utter bad faith from the get-go.  They abuse the process, everything from budget battles to conference committees.  If you approach people like this in good faith, you lose."