Will Americans' loss of confidence in the Bush administration sink GOP prospects in 2006? Here's Newsweek on their new poll numbers:

Reflecting the tarnished view of the administration, only 38 percent of registered voters say they would vote for a Republican for Congress if the Congressional elections were held today, while 50 say they would vote for a Democrat.

And this:

For the first time in the four years since 9/11, more Americans disapprove of Bush’s handling of terrorism and homeland security than approve of it...

Only 38 percent of Americans approve of the way Bush is doing his job overall, a record-low for this president in the NEWSWEEK poll. (Fifty-five percent of Americans disapprove of his overall job performance.) And only 28 percent of Americans say they are “satisfied with the way things are going” in the country, down from 36 percent in August and 46 percent in December, after the president’s re-election.

Posted by Laura at September 10, 2005 10:25 PM