Bush Approval

The Gallup Polls show the approval ratings of political figures. Just this week President Bush achieved the rating of highest disapproval of any president ever. 68% of the country does not approve of the president. However a weird after thought. Days after 9/11 President Bush achieved the highest approval rating of all time at 90%. Do you think he looks at that and feels justified? Is he happy with having been approved at one point.
Vice President Cheney said recently he didn't let popular opinion sway his feelings on the war. Does that mean that him and the president just don't care how the country feels about them because they got to do what they wanted with another nation and with our position in the world when we did approve of them?
Politicians are there to serve the people's will. When the people's will changes so should the actions of the ruling government. Politicians should not assume absolute knowledge and should not keep their citizens out of the loop. The decisions of any great democracy need to be made by group consensus.