Liberal Oasis reports that a January 7-9 Ipsos-Reid/Cook Political Report poll puts Bush's job approval rating below 60 percent. Moreover, while other polls have Bush in the low 60s, "the overall trend is downward."

No doubt the Administration will take bold action to reverse the drop in Bush's numbers. One hopes that the combined weight of all the servicemen, coal miners, cops and average families crammed into the House balconies during the State of the Union Address will not cause those balconies to collapse.