The Rupert and David Show

The Wall Street Journal decided this was important enough to make a news alert:

Public discontent with the Iraq war has eased slightly, a new Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll shows, suggesting President Bush may have a little more maneuvering room at a critical point in debates over war costs and troop levels.

As Mr. Bush prepares to follow congressional testimony by the top general in Iraq, David Petraeus, with a televised speech to the nation tonight, the poll shows an uptick in support for the president's handling of the war as well as a small increase in the proportion of Americans who believe the troop surge is helping and that victory remains possible.

Of course the fact that Murdoch now owns it hasn't changed anything, posh! But what I really can't wait for is the inevitable media pile-on, more specifically the next David Broder column. From February:

It may seem perverse to suggest that, at the very moment the House of Representatives is repudiating his policy in Iraq, President Bush is poised for a political comeback. But don't be astonished if that is the case.

Now that Broder - thinks he - has been vindicated, can he take his ball, go home and leave the rest of us alone? But in the meanwhile, let the lovefest begin!!!