Since this is a thread about polls...
Source: www.pollingreport.com/iraq
Popular? EVERY pollster more or less agrees that the country is SPLIT over this war.
Which the public overwhelmingly blames Bush for in the first place. Need I pull out polls for public opinion of Bush's handling of the economy?
Oh, right, especially with pundits like Andy Sullivan and groups like Cato splintering their support of the big-government Bush administration.
It's going to be close, no matter what; quite frankly, residual "patriotism" of rallying behind the president thoroughly affirms that it's not going to be a runaway election for the Democrats. However, your assertation that Bush is popular and his actions are widely accepted is ludicrous.