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‘President George W. Bush concluded his annual State of the Union address this week with the words “the State of our Union is strong … our cause in the world is right … and tonight that cause goes on.” Maybe so, but the state of the Bush administration is at its worst yet, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll. The president’s approval ratings are at their lowest point in the poll’s history—30 percent—and more than half the country (58 percent) say they wish the Bush presidency were simply over, a sentiment that is almost unanimous among Democrats (86 percent), and is shared by a clear majority (59 percent) of independents and even one in five (21 percent) Republicans. Half (49 percent) of all registered voters would rather see a Democrat elected president in 2008, compared to just 28 percent who’d prefer the GOP to remain in the White House.’

Poll: Bush Hits New Low

paying his dues

Bush Backs Linking of Executive Pay and Performance
Gerald Herbert/Associated Press

President Bush’s surprise visit caused a frenzy on the already chaotic trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 31, 2007

Filed at 3:28 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (AP) -- President Bush took aim Wednesday at lavish salaries and bonuses for corporate executives, standing on Wall Street to issue a sharp warning for corporate boards to ''step up to their responsibilities'' and tie compensation packages to performance.

Bush's ''State of the Economy'' speech, delivered from the financial center of the world, was aimed at bringing his economic message out of the shadows of the Iraq war. On his second day in a row focused on the economy, the govern...

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Gus: Gus support Bushit on this issue and would like it to be extended to politicians... So, El Bushito Minus would owe us so much "failure" money that he'd send his daddy broke. But then, I have this feeling that Bushaiola le Minuto only reads his speeches without understanding what's in them...

More of more, with less peace

Bush to Request Billions for Wars
Hill Democrats Express Skepticism

By Michael Abramowitz and Lori Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, February 3, 2007; A01

President Bush will ask Congress for close to three-quarters of a trillion dollars in defense spending on Monday, including $245 billion to cover the cost of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and other elements of the "global war on terror," senior administration officials said yesterday.

Democrats said the gigantic spending request will precipitate "sticker shock" on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers were already planning to scrutinize White House war-spending requests more zealously.

As expected, Bush will ask Congress for an additional $100 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan for the current fiscal year, to go with the $70 billion already approved. He will also seek an additional $145 billion for the wars in fiscal 2008, which begins Oct. 1, and administration officials warned that even more money probably will be needed.