Today in Politics!

President Bush's approval rating seems to have come back down to it's regular mid to low 40's. It recieved a slight bounce after the 9/11 speech, but that has detirated. The president continues to stand by what he believes and continues his plans as scheduled. President Bush now is comig under attack from his fmr. Secreatry of State Collin Powell and other big republicans like fmr. GOP Presidential opponent and Senator John McCain. In other political news, Sen. Conrad Burns still struggles in his race for another term. He is now trailing his challenger Jon Tester by 9 points. Sen. George Allen has ended his slum in numbers now with a 7 point lead over Jim Webb. Sen. Rick Santorum still trails Bob Casey in his race but is closing in. he is now only 4-2 points behind Casey. In Wyoming Ray Hunkins the GOP challenger of Incumbant Dave Freudenthal did the unthinkable and outfunded Freudenthal in the month of August. Freudenthal will still most likely by 20+ points, but this is a bad sign for dems if they want to keep the Governor's Mansion in 2010. In Texas Rick Perry continues to slumb in his numbers. He has fallen 11points since the summer. Independent Challenger Carole Strayhorn has recieved a bounce from this drop. Kinky Friedman, another Independent challenger has ended his period of high momentum. he was almost in 2nd place two months ago. The Democratic challenger Chris Bell stills continue to be unknown in this race. In Connecicut Sen. Joe Lieberman climbs in numbers now with a douple digit lead over Democratic challenger Ned Lamont. He will most likely win another term as a U.S. Senator, but this time as the only independent in the U.S. Senate with Jeffords retiring. That is it for today and for more polls go to rasmussenreports.com.