So over

It would be nice to see realization that while the GOP grasped at straws and went apeshit over a rhyming ad polemic, the rest of the country heard "blah blah Betrayus blah return on suc-blah."

Not only, remarkably, did Bush literally have fewer viewers on the cable news networks than the "always" exciting Democratic Response, Petraeus' testimony and Bush's new catch phrase that troops can return home once they accomplish the impossible have done absolutely noting to change the public's mind one iota.

Oh, I suppose it may have made David Broder swoon, it certainly made him want to share a couple quail with Lindsey Graham in a mountain cabin (where Lindsey can display his "Matlock" impression), but the rest of the country -- known as "the people" want this to be over.

U.S. TROOP LEVELS IN IRAQ SHOULD BE…?

Now
Increased -- 6%
Kept same -- 21%
Reduced -- 39%
Remove all troops -- 29%

Pre-speech, 9/4-8/2007
Increased -- 11%
Kept same -- 19%
Reduced -- 35%
Remove all troops -- 30%

By the way, on the Michael Ledeen "Real Americans versus UnAmericans" front...

President Bush’s overall job approval rating remains at 29 percent, similar to what it was a week ago. His rating on handling the war in Iraq is holding at 25 percent.