The President knows he needs a Republican Senate in order to be able to do anything for the next two years. And it won't matter to him if he has "popularity" if he can't get anything done.
This election is a referendum on President Bush, to give him a mandate, some power to do more than simply bomb terrorists. He wants the power to pass his domestic agenda, which includes making the tax cuts permanent, appointing some conservative judges, getting replacements for our conservative Justices of the Supreme Court who want to retire, banning partial birth abortion, having faith based organizations start taking over welfare needs, and reforming the INS among other things.
With a Democrat Senate he has to compromise where he would prefer not to.
New Hampshire and Arkansas conservatives who want true conservative and godly government, please give President Bush the power he needs to make the changes you want. And that can only happen if you vote for Republican candidates you are not thrilled about.
Bush came to New Jersey to campaign for Forrester back in August or September when Forrester was ahead of Torricelli. He hasn't been here since Torricelli dropped out of the race -- Forrester is trailing Lautenberg.
Don't get me wrong -- I don't blame Bush at all. If I didn't live in New Jersey I'd probably never set foot here, either.