Mission Accomplished Day

Photo Op President Going Down in Flames

Three years after a smirking flyboy landed on the U.S.S. Lincoln and stood before a huge Mission Accomplished banner from the Rove print shop, President Bush's popularity is in the toilet.

The sad anniversary of his empty promise was marked by the 2,401st G.I. death in Iraq and tumbling poll numbers at home.

With gas prices sky-high and no end of the Iraq war in sight, President George W. Bush's approval rating hits an all-time low in a new CBS News poll.

Only 33 percent approve of his job performance, Mr. Bush's lowest approval rating yet in CBS News polls. A majority – 58 percent of those polled – say they disapprove of the president. Mr. Bush appears to be losing support from his own party. His approval rating among Republicans has dropped to 68 percent.

Exactly three years since the president gave the speech declaring "major combat operations" in Iraq at an end, Americans say that war remains the most important problem facing the country, and most do not approve of the way Mr. Bush is managing the war.