The Wall Street Journal's John Harwood writes up the latest WSJ/NBC poll, one that bodes quite poorly for the President in his bid to privatize Social Security.

Americans remain wary of President Bush's idea for overhauling Social Security, but show increasing confidence over developments in Iraq, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has found.

The survey of 1,008 adults, conducted Feb. 10-14, found that 51% Americans consider it "a bad idea" to change Social Security by allowing workers to invest payroll taxes in the stock market, while 40% think it's a "good idea." That is essentially unchanged since January, despite Mr. Bush's attempt to drum up support for the idea in the State of the Union address and a cross-country tour. The margin of error is 3.1 percentage points.

In a further sign of trouble for Mr. Bush, 60% of those who consider private Social Security investments a bad idea describe their position as "completely firm." By contrast, just 31% of proponents describe themselves that way; 68% say they could yet change their minds.

George is having a harder and harder time serving as President. As Josh Marshall notes, the more people hear about his Social Security plan, the less they like it. As long as he's out there pushing privatization, it's a good time to be a Democrat.