Bush-o-Rama

The Wash Post's Howard Kurtz has a good wrap-up about reaction to the prez's press conference last night and ruminations on why Bush's poll numbers are sinking. A snippet:

Political prognosticators sometimes forget that average folks don't follow every twist and turn of Beltway infighting. So keep in mind: Gas prices have been rising. The stock market has been in a swoon. The economy is not exactly inspiring confidence. All that has got to be hurting Bush. When people feel economic anxiety-- and see that their leaders appear more obsessed with one brain-damaged woman, parliamentary procedures and fiddling with their retirement money--that's when you suffer in the polls.

Whole thing here.