Mr. Bush says cannot believe what he just heard. Anybody got any Q-tips? Thanks, now say it one more time, very slowly.

President Bush's full-term effort to court Jewish Americans has failed, according to a new poll that shows him trailing Sen. John Kerry among those voters in the race for president by 53 percentage points [as in 75 percent to 22 percent].

This also could set up an ironic double win, because polls show Mr. Kerry leading among Arab-Americans as well — a switch from Mr. Bush's overwhelming success with that bloc in 2000.

The Washington Times.