As Americans went to the polls in 2006 to determine control of Congress, Democrats fought to make the mid-term elections a referendum on President Bush and his leadership. Public opinion polls showed the president to be unpopular and revealed substantial discontent with the progress of the war in Iraq. How did those public perceptions influence the president and his performance in office? What impact will the November elections have on the president's final two years in office? Join the Institute for Governmental Studies 26th Annual Presidential Symposium. (#12825)