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  Political die cast for Bush, recovery unlikely
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Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Jan 26, 2007 05:27pm
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News DateFriday, January 26, 2007 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionPresident Bush has lost the greatest commodity a president can possess: The public’s trust.

Scattered with Katrina’s winds and buried in the bloody battlefields of Iraq, his credibility is likely gone forever, which means there will be no political comeback for Bush. His die is cast.

As he stood before the nation and Congress on Tuesday, pleading for the benefit of the doubt in Iraq, polls showed that less than a third of Americans approved of his job performance. Two-thirds said his political problems are long-term. Solid majorities called their president untrustworthy, stubborn and out of touch with their problems.
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