On the print cover of USA Today, the story about the Bush bounce appears right under a graphic on plummeting gas prices. Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">[as predicted via the proprietary LBO BushNGas model just the other day: "o it wouldn't be surprising to see his approval numbers rise into the mid-40s in the coming weeks" <HTTP: www.leftbusinessobserver.com/BushNGas.html> - it's looking more like the Dems will blow the fall election] <HTTP: news 2006-09-18-bush-poll_x.htm washington www.usatoday.com> Poll finds rebound in Bush approval Updated 9/19/2006 10:23 AM ET By Jill Lawrence and Susan Page, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Amid falling gas prices and a two-week drive to highlight his administration's efforts to fight terrorism, President Bush's approval rating has risen to 44% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. That's his highest rating in a year. The poll also showed likely voters evenly divided between Democratic and Republican candidates for Congress, 48%-48%. Among registered voters, Democrats had a 51%-42% advantage. ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk </BLOCKQUOTE> <hr size=1><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43256/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta"> All-new Yahoo! Mail </a>- Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.