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"The poll marked the first time in a Newsweek survey that supporters of Mr. Bush were out-numbered by those who would not like to see him back remain (sic) in office."

Try, try, try again...

Wonder how many polls it took them before they got the outcome they wanted.

But even "outnumbered" is not a "majority". In this case, the supposed "unfavorable" is still only a plurality.

But there was no one-on-one matchup between Dubya and any specific Democrat candidate. While one Democrat or another may lead in a niche group among the undecided (clearly a much larger portion of the respondents that the margin either way), no one Democrat has the hope of leading all undecided or swing voters away from Bush.

Certainly, there are many objections that may be brought up against the way Bush has handled this situation, or that one. But considering the number of corks he is called upon to keep beneath the water at any one time, I would say his performance to date greatly exceeds any hypothetical pairing-up with any known rival for the job.