Funny how we only hear this sentiment from the 1/3 of the country that still supports him. What matters is that, as it turns out, the guy running the country for the next three years is a fringe radical whose positions on every single issue are out of touch with mainstream America.
And just in time for the 2006 elections, we have a crusade to prevent gay couples from adopting. And in 2008 we'll certainly have another anti-gay crusade... maybe preventing them from being teachers or some such ridiculous thing.
Max, since you seem to have a possible problem with the way the poll data was collected, would you agree that it's fair to assume that the previous CBS poll used the same methodology? Assuming it did, it is still a very large drop in Bush's approval numbers. Pretty shocking, in my opinion. I would add that looking for a poll number conspiracy at CBS is a bit much. The poll methodology is no secret to anyone that cares to look, in my opinion, and for CBS to "cook" the numbers for a poll given national publicity is more than a stretch. "(CBS)*The latest CBS News poll finds President Bush's approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent, while pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a new high. Americans are also overwhelmingly opposed to the Bush-backed deal giving a Dubai-owned company operational control over six major U.S. ports. Seven in 10 Americans, including 58 percent of Republicans, say they're opposed to the agreement. CBS News senior White House correspondent Jim Axelrod reports that now it turns out the Coast Guard had concerns about the ports deal, a disclosure that is no doubt troubling to a president who assured Americans there was no security risk from the deal. The troubling results for the Bush administration come amid reminders about the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina and negative assessments of how the government and the president have handled it for six months. In a separate poll, two out of three Americans said they do not think President Bush has responded adequately to the needs of Katrina victims. Only 32 percent approve of the way President Bush is responding to those needs, a drop of 12 points from last September’s poll, taken just two weeks after the storm made landfall. Mr. Bush's overall job rating has fallen to 34 percent, down from 42 percent last month. Fifty-nine percent disapprove of the job the president is doing. For the first time in this poll, most Americans say the president does not care much about people like themselves. Fifty-one percent now think he doesn't care, compared to 47 percent last fall. Just 30 percent approve of how Mr. Bush is handling the Iraq war, another all-time low. By two to one, the poll finds Americans think U.S. efforts to bring stability to Iraq are going badly – the worst assessment yet of progress in Iraq. Even on fighting terrorism, which has long been a strong suit for Mr. Bush, his ratings dropped lower than ever. Half of Americans say they disapprove of how he's handling the war on terror, while 43 percent approve." http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006...in1350874.shtml Keep D&D Civil.
In the gutter, or in the polls? I think Bush is worse for the country than Nixon was. Nixon inherited a war and did a lousy and prolonged mess of "ending" it, but he didn't do the kinds of things George W. Bush has done. Nixon's sins were brought on more by paranoia... that he could somehow lose the '72 election, leading him to the bugging of the DNC headquarters at the Watergate, which lead, of course, to the cover-up. He didn't have control of the House and Senate to keep the illegal activities from being investigated, and the Republican Party of the day was full of people of principal, honor and patriotism, which trumped any partisan qualms they may have had, unlike today's Republican Party, which has little principal or honor, incredible partisanship, and questionable patriotism in many of those who are the loudest at proclaiming it, at least in my opinion. This is a better chart: Nixon's worst approval rating wasn't that far off from the numbers we've seen today. As you can see, once Watergate became a full-blown crisis, with the investigation and hearings in Congress, the calls for impeachment, with impeachment on the verge of occuring, and members of his own party calling for Nixon to step down, Nixon's approval ratings plummeted. Bush's are remarkably low, considering the success he's had at stonewalling investigations into many of his most despicable actions. Keep D&D Civil.
im not dismissing him...im not the one whining about him...its the poll that has the problem this poll could have said Bush has an 80% approval rating and you guys would still be whining...whatever makes u happy
FLASHBACK: Let's see what people said when his approval ratings were good. The truth will SHOCK you! http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=87182 And Three years ago http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=49918 his disapproval rating was at 34%.
For those who were skeptical about the CBS poll, here are some more: Gallup: 38% http://www.usatoday.com/news/polls/2006-03-02-poll.htm Quinnipiac: 36% http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x11367.xml?ReleaseID=880 Fox: 39% http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,186634,00.html FREEFALL.
Some more indepth info from the gallup poll... NEW YORK While newspaper editorials remain virtually silent on the subject, the American public seems to have made up its mind. A new Gallup/CNN/USA Today poll out tonight shows that 2 out of 3 adult Americans now want U.S. troops to start to come home from Iraq. And 55% call the decision to attack Iraq in 2003 a "mistake." The same poll found President Bush's approval rating plunging to 38%. It was even lower in a CBS poll earlier this week: 34%. In the poll, 38% said some troops should be withdrawn from Iraq now with another 27% saying they all should come home. Bush's handling of Iraq drew the support of just 35%, while 64% said they disapprove. Of the 1,020 adults surveyed, 59% said President Bush can no longer manage the government effectively. An overwhelmingly number say they oppose the Dubai ports deal. Asked who they would likely vote for in November, 53% picked Democrats, 39% Republicans.
What's remarkable to me is that the polls are documenting the "strongly disapprove" response in the low to mid-40's. The "strongly" answers usually document the extremes of both parties and rarely gets out of the 20's... but with this administration going the way it is, the "strongly disapprove" people could be in a majority soon.
I love it how when you don't like the poll numbers, you think that Middle America is populated by idiots. However, when you like the poll numbers, they have come to their senses...
more good news... The not-so-solid South? "A new Elon University Poll shows support for President George W. Bush stands at 43 percent in five Southeastern states, while 52 percent of citizens disapprove or strongly disapprove of the job Bush is doing." More: "Fifty-seven percent of respondents disapprove or strongly disapprove of the way Bush is handling the war in Iraq, while 39 percent approve or strongly approve. On the economy, Bush’s approval rating stands at 40 percent, while 54 percent disapprove or strongly disapprove." Implications for the upcoming Congressional elections? "Forty-two percent of respondents supported Democrats in the 2004 presidential election, while 46 percent supported Republicans. When asked which party they will support in the next congressional election, 33 percent said they will support Democrats and 28 percent said they will support Republicans. Twenty-nine percent said they did not know." http://edcone.typepad.com/wordup/2006/03/losing_the_base.html
