Participants in the Tuesday meeting between Mr. Bush, senior administration officials and 11 members of a moderate bloc of House Republicans said the lawmakers were unusually candid with the president, telling him that public support for the war was crumbling in their swing districts.

One told Mr. Bush that voters back home favored a withdrawal even if it meant the war was judged a loss. Representative Tom Davis told Mr. Bush that the president’s approval rating was at 5 percent in one section of his northern Virginia district.

We saw the hints of a sea change in 2006, it's starting to look like 2008 may be a full blown tidal wave, unlike anything since 1976 or 1932.

G.O.P. Moderates Warn Bush Iraq Must Show Gains - New York Times