WOW!

Via Daily Kos, here's Zogby's latest polling data on Dubya's reelection prospects, to go with his apparent 63% approval rating:

A slim majority (51%) says Bush deserves re-election compared to 36% who say it is time for someone new. Another 13% are not sure. In October, 49% said Bush deserved re-election and 35% said it was time for someone new.

Slightly more than one in three voters (35%) say they would vote to re-elect President Bush regardless of who he runs against, compared to 56% who would not vote to re-elect Bush regardless of who he runs against.

Maybe that's a little confusing at first. But in short, the headline here is that 56% of Americans, according to Zogby (hardly a liberal), do not want to re-elect Bush regardless of his opponent. Zogby explains the difference between those two questions:

"They are two different questions -- one "soft" re-elect asks if GWB deserves re-election or is it time for someone new, the "hard re-elect" asks if voters would vote GWB regardless who he runs against. Two different measures; used all the time. They are useful to determine levels of support."

Rove & co. know that Bush's high approval ratings are largely a mirage, and they are significantly worried about his re-election prospects (Edwards scares them, for instance). A general public attitude of "he seems like a good guy, but i'm not gonna re-elect him" does not bode well for the Bushies.

There, enjoy that, and please, suck on that. I'm gonna go play cards now.