Bush's Rating between September 14 - 16, 2007 according to CBS is:
Approval :: 29%
Disapproval :: 64%
Undecided :: 7%
Bush 'relost' his base he had gained only a week ago. I guess the report from Iraq is the motivating force away from the Republican agenda.
Congress rating between September 14 - 16, 2007 according to CBS is:
Approval :: 27%
Disapproval :: 65%
Undecided :: 8%
That is a 2% improvement for Congress during the very same period for Bush's loss.
Iraqi PM: Shooting Was "In Cold Blood" (click here)
Al-Maliki Disputes Blackwater USA's Version Of Shooting That Left 11 Dead
(CBS/AP) Iraq's prime minister on Wednesday disputed Blackwater USA's version of a weekend shooting that left at least 11 people dead and declared he would not tolerate "the killing of our citizens in cold blood."
Land travel by U.S. diplomats and other civilian officials outside the fortified Green Zone remained suspended for a second day after Iraqi authorities ordered Blackwater to stop working as an investigation continues into the Sunday incident.
The Moyock, North Carolina-based firm is the main provider of bodyguards and armed escorts for American government civilian employees in Iraq.
U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Mirembe Nantongo said the contractors involved in the shooting are still in Iraq, but she refused to comment on the specifics of the case pending an investigation. Americans and Iraqis have offered widely differing accounts of the Sunday incident, with Blackwater insisting that its guards returned fire against armed insurgents who were threatening American diplomats.
The New York Times reported late Tuesday that a preliminary review by Iraq's Ministry of Interior found that Blackwater security guards fired at a car when it did not heed a policeman's call to stop, killing a couple and their infant....
