On the front page of the USA Today web site there is a link to the new CNN/Gallup/USA Today poll that says, "Poll: Presidency failing." Click through to the data and you'll find Bush's job approval for current sample (Friday 10/28- Sunday 10/30) at 41%. That number is unchanged vs. previous pre-Libby indictment sample (Monday 10/24 - Wednesday 10/26).

Other interesting tidbits about the "failing" Bush presidency: Bush up 2 points (versus last survey) on question of whether he's seen as "honest and trustworthy." Bush up 3 points on question of whether he's seen as a "decisive leader." VP Cheney favorable rating down one point and Karl Rove favorable rating up two points.

A forty-one percent job approval rating is nothing to crow about, but it's laughable that USA Today can suggest the Bush presidency is "failing" when the President's approval rating is unchanged from earlier in the week. It would be the equivalent of USA Today running a headline "MARKET CRASHING" with the knowledge that Dow Jones Industrial Average hadn't dropped a point.