Bush shrugs off plummeting international reputation.

In an interview with Roll Call’s Mort Kondracke, President Bush “utterly dismissed international opinion polls showing declining approval of the United States.” “When it comes to, where do you want to live, many people [say], ‘I’d like to live in the United States,’” Bush proclaimed. A reality check for the President:

Bush also told Kondracke, “absolutely, we are stronger” now than in 2001. Kondracke added that Bush said “even in areas where he failed to get what he wanted — as in Social Security and immigration reform — his ideas eventually will prevail.”