The Baghdad Bounce

Yesterday, when discussing Bush’s temporary improvement in the polls, I referred to it as a Dead Cat Bounce–a common financial term which is sometimes applied to polling. I’ve found that in Great Britian they have a better term–a Baghdad Bounce.

Initially a Baghdad Bounce was used as a positiive move, but after Iraq turned into a quagmire it has been used to mean the same as a Dead Cat Bounce. In each case they refer to a temporary improvement in a downward trend. One example of such use of Baghdad Bounce is here.