Here's the problem with that.
This is uncharted territory. No president in recent memory has had such a public perception problem for as long as Dubya has had. He has been in the dumps since summer 2005 and really shows no signs of life now.
The poll isn't meaningless: it means Dubya has a leadership problem. It is less meaningful as a predictior for the election in 2006, that is true.
But it is the elections that matters at the end and winning it is the most important objective of a political party. We had this discussion before President Bush can rally the American people around him and the Republican Party just by simply ramping up the issue of Iran and its nuclear weapons and make this a very important elections issues. However I still easiest and most effective battle cry that will energize the Republican base and the independents leaning Republicans and bring them in very heavy numbers on election day is to play on a truthful element of fear: " If the democrats win the House of Representative they will impeach President Bush in times of war". This will bring the
Also the capture of one of the big three terrorists, Bin Laden Zarqawi or Zawahiri, will give President Bush at least 10 to 15 points bump.