WTF Is It Now?!?

SHORT BITS
Buckeroo Bonehead's overall approval rating has slid to 61 percent, down 4 percent from the last poll in mid-July and down 27 percent from a high of 88 percent last October. - pMSNBC.com.

The economic recovery lost momentum in the second quarter, and in a fresh sign of weakness, new claims for jobless benefits last week climbed to their highest level in nearly two months. - SFGate.com.

Diplomatic gap widens between rogue nation and rest of known universe. Sept. 11 "was a moment to be seized and was not," said Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher. "This sort of Dallas syndrome - with us or against us - is not helpful." - Washington comPost.

It's the economy, stupid. Support for war with Iraq drops: large majorities say that military action in Iraq would lead to higher oil prices, instability in the Middle East, and an increased chance of terrorism in the United States. - the Breaking Nooze Network.

Resident Dumbass on Saturday "closed out the final hours of his 32-day escape from Washington by designating September as a month of service" to honor victims of Sept. 11. - Yahoo/AP News.

GOP House candidate accused of forging signatures. A would-be candidate for Pennsylvania state representative has been ordered to stand trial on charges he forged signatures on a petition to get his name on the ballot for the May primary. - the Post-Gazette.