Poll info from the same day.

CNN headline:

Poll: Opposition to Iraq war at all-time high

USA Today headline:

Bush rating best in six months

Now here’s the rest of the story.

From CNN:

Just 35 percent of 1,033 adults polled say they favor the war in Iraq; 61 percent say they oppose it — the highest opposition noted in any CNN poll since the conflict began more than three years ago.

Bush’s disapproval rating exceeds his approval, 57 percent to 42 percent.

That’s in the same ballpark as was found in an August 2-3 poll: Bush garnered a 40 percent approval.

And that was up slightly from a 37 percent approval in a poll carried out June 14-15.

Fewer than half of respondents (44 percent) say they believe Bush is honest and trustworthy; 54 percent do not.

And just 41 percent say they agree with Bush on issues, versus 57 percent who say they disagree.

Americans are about evenly split on whether their commander-in-chief understands complex issues, with 47 percent saying yes, and 51 percent saying no.

From USA Today:

The arrest of bomb plotters in London has helped buoy President Bush’s approval rating and the prospects for Republican congressional candidates in November.

A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday put Bush’s approval rating at 42%, the highest in six months. His approval rating on handling terrorism was 55%, the highest in more than a year.

Some Republican bag man, on assignment at USA Today, tells the facts, but not the truth.