President Bush Spreading Sunshine

Even though that headline may have gotten your attention, it is false. President Bush is now in Australia after his surprise visit to Iraq. Bloomberg has updates on Bush's visit to Australia:

Australian police filed a case in the New South Wales Supreme Court to prevent a coalition of protesters from rallying against U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to the nation.

The case will be heard at 7 a.m. tomorrow Sydney time, said Alex Bainbridge, a spokesman for the Stop Bush Coalition, who was named in the case. Bush arrives in the Australian capital tonight to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings being hosted by Prime Minister John Howard. The main protest is planned for Sept. 8.....

..... About 52 percent of 1,100 Australians surveyed by the Galaxy Poll for the Medical Association for the Prevention of War said Bush is the worst president in U.S. history.....

It appears that Australians have also recognized Bush's failed presidency.

Here is another article about Bush from AFP:

Nearly two-thirds of Americans feel President George W. Bush was too eager to wage war in Iraq and is handling the conflict there badly, a poll released Tuesday suggested....

....The poll released Tuesday, as General David Petraeus and US ambassador to Baghdad Ryan Crocker prepared to present a report to Congress on Iraq, also showed that two-thirds of Americans gave Bush bad marks for his handling of the conflict over the past few months.....

Despite Bush's optimistic view that everything in Iraq is hunky-dory, violence and death are everyday events in Iraq. Reuters:

A U.S. Congressional report on Tuesday said "violence remains high" in Iraq, with little political progress and mixed results on security a day after President George W. Bush visited Anbar province and struck an upbeat tone.

The independent Government Accountability Office said Iraq had failed to meet 11 of 18 political and military goals set by Congress last May, such as reducing sectarian violence and passing laws on oil revenue sharing. Iraq met three benchmarks and partially met another four.....

....Many defense experts say the additional U.S. troops will have to begin leaving Iraq by spring anyway unless the Bush administration extends their tours of duty over 15 months....

President Bush has created a major mess in Iraq.

**Update: Michigan had dropped out of the latest football poll. See ESPN for more info.