Bush may be slipping in the polls, but he’s still getting just about everything he wants out of the Congress.
Including reauthorization of the Patriot Act.
This week, a conference committee of the House and Senate agreed to make permanent almost every aspect of the Patriot Act. Even the most controversial measures—including allowing the FBI and local police to snoop on your library and bookstore activities—were given another seven-year lease.

Wow ... What a shame...