Excerpt on national trust from Time:

Poll: Trust in the Administration Is Dropping
A majority believe Bush "deliberately misled" the American people on Iraq, according to a TIME/Oprah Winfrey Show poll. Even the media get higher marks for trustworthiness

By KEELEY TEEMSMA AND DAVID CIEMNECKI

Posted Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006
A rash of books critical of the Bush Administration's conduct of the Iraq war together with damaging leaks from the National Intelligence Estimate appear to have weakened President Bush's credibility, according to a a TIME/The Oprah Winfrey Show poll.

A majority of Americans (52%) now believe that President Bush "deliberately misled" Americans to build his case for the Iraq war, up four points from late last year. Only 41% now believe that the President was "truthful and honest" based on the intelligence he was given — down four points from late last year.

Views on Bush's truthfulness remain highly partisan, with large majorities of Democrats and a lesser majority of independents questioning Bush's truthfulness. ...