A series of polls show the ground falling out from under President Bush in terms of support for the Iraq war. Take your pick, but the latest, from CNN/USA Today/Gallup, shows six in ten Americans opposing the war. And a recent New York Times/CBS News poll found Bush’s approval rating still falling, down to a dismal 42 percent (from 51 percent after his election).

Meanwhile, despite what Dick Cheney recently said about the insurgency being in its “last throes,” more than 1,700 U.S. troops have now died in Iraq and more than 13,000 have been wounded, including several more today. Yesterday, the top U.S. commander in the Persian Gulf contradicted Cheney’s rosy assessment, saying there’s been no change in the strength of the insurgency over the last six months, no evidence of last throes.

Something’s happening here, and the administration knows it. That’s why Bush has scheduled a prime time address to the nation for Tuesday. It’s an attempt to stop public opinion on him and his war from heading into a free-fall. Look for us to live-Slog it.