Only four other presidents have ever polled so low -- Truman, whose entire presidency was a roller coaster in the polls; Carter, whose ratings crumbled with the hostage crisis; Bush Sr., who saw a simiilar crash after going back on his promise of "No new taxes;" and, of course, Nixon. With nothing but upcoming investigations on the horizon, including sleazy tales of hookers and the possible -- nay, likely -- indictment of Karl Rove, this only stands to go lower. With two wars already underway in Afghanistan and Iraq, brinksmanship with Iran isn't going to help matters. The American people like a good war, when we're not already involved in one. We were all for war with Mexico, Spain, Grenada, Panama, Afghanistan, etc.

But when we were already in Vietnam and Nixon invaded Cambodia, the public slammed him. And if Bush decides to wander a little eastward from Iraq and westward from Afghanistan, he'll be greeted with a similar outcry.

Couple that with Republicans in Congress revolting against the president, even in his nomination of Gen. Hayden to the position of CIA director, and neither upcoming foreign nor domestic news bodes well for Bush. By August, he could crack the 20s. It can't go much farther South than that -- Nixon was around 25 percent when he resigned. But Nixon's numbers provide no comfort for this doomed ship of state.

The Bush Administration, by the November election