Who Is Distancing From Whom?

The conventional wisdom of political analysis goes something like this - GWB's approval ratings are so low that he is a liability, so his allies in Congress are abandoning him, thus he cannot get any traction on his agenda like tax cuts or any of the various reforms he has talked about through the years, etc.

Well, Congress' approval ratings get tracked too. Even at 35%, it seems to me that GWB is smoking the distinguished membership of the Great Sausage Factory. Could it be that GWB is distancing himself from a political liability?