Don’t look now, but as I told you over three months ago, the lull in the Bush poll numbers would begin to rise by Summer’s end. Today Scott Rasmussen has his number at 47 percent approval.

“Forty-seven percent (47%) of American adults approve of the way that President Bush is performing his job. Fifty percent (50%) disapprove. Those are by far the best numbers for the President since mid-February.

The spike is fueled largely by a resurgence of support among the President‚Äôs base. Eighty-five percent (85%) of Republicans now offer their approval. At its low point earlier in the year, just 66% of the GOP faithful approved of his job performance.”

Additionally, today’s Fox News Polls:

“The gap has narrowed to a slim 3-percentage point advantage for Democrats over Republicans in the latest FOX News likely voter poll, though many voters say they are still deciding which candidate to support in the upcoming Congressional elections. Iraq is mentioned at least twice as often as any other topic as the most important issue in voting this fall. While there are sharp divisions on Iraq, a slim majority says they support the war.

In polling conducted in the days after the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and after a nationally televised presidential address to commemorate the anniversary, President Bush’s job rating is up slightly: 40 percent of voters say they approve, up from 38 percent two weeks ago and 36 percent at the beginning of August.

The partisan division continues to be extreme, with 82 percent of Republicans saying they approve of the president’s job performance compared to just 12 percent of Democrats.

A 53 percent majority of voters says President Bush is honest and trustworthy, the same number as when the question was last asked in May 2004.”

I’ll say it over and over again until my readers have it tattoed on their forehead. “Show up and vote” on November 2nd. Nothing works for winning elections but turnout. I don’t care what the Democrats say they DON’T have the numbers we do, or the money, nor the “Get out the Vote” efforts. We show, we win, enough said.