Iraq as Easter Egg Hunt

Sometimes the headlines just provoke entirely inappropriate mental associations.

CNN.com tells us that Bush's approvals are at a new low of 38% in a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, and that Bush has launched yet another campaign to once again attempt to shore up support for the occupation of Iraq:

Bush launched his latest effort to shore up support for the war Monday, accusing Iran of providing explosives used to attack American troops and telling an audience at George Washington University that U.S. forces were "making progress" against insurgents.

He also praised Iraqis for averting civil war despite the sectarian violence that came after February's bombing of the al-Askariya mosque in Samarra, a revered Shiite Muslim shrine.

"The situation in Iraq is still tense, and we're still seeing acts of sectarian violence and reprisal," Bush said. "Yet out of this crisis, we've also seen signs of a hopeful future."

Quick: somebody tell me again what a master of American politics Karl Rove is!