A majority disapprove of the job Bush is handling just about everything, including the stuff he was supposed to be good at...

And a near super-majority (damn the people who state "Don't Know;" hang up the phone) believe this nation's policies need to take us in an entirely new direction...

Images: Los Angeles Times
What will Bush provide for us tonight in lieu of public sentiment? A new policy in Iraq? Nah; "stay the course." A new terrorism policy? Or continued eavesdropping? We know about his proposed plan for Health Savings Accounts (he has been touting them for years), but that system isn't going to fix anything with regard to the looming health care crisis; it will probably end up along with his plans to privatize Social Security. Will he propose making the wealthy-man tax cuts permanent? Of course. New direction? Probably not...
