"...the way President Bush and Rumsfeld have handled the war, which is increasingly unpopular with the public."
I think this is trying to make it look like the public is losing confidence in the way Bush and Rumsfeld are conducting the war. I don't believe any war is ever increasingly popular. Some of the frustration I feel is that we need to issue an ultimatum: If they aren't ready to be inspected in such-and-such time (and we're running out of it) they will be destroyed. No dropping of brocures. No targeting empty buildings.
the only poll that matters is the one on election day, the way the MSM frames the question make it useless. for example, I could be unhappy or dissatisfied about the war because I want them to be more aggressive but the MSM would lump me into the group that they claim want us out of Iraq