Bush Approvals on the rebound

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Ok.

SUSA and MD haven't had a new poll for a long time.
Not inciting argument, just sayin'

If we would rather go by those polls, then we don't really know anything right now.

Additional Options...er, the results of the other ones are encouraging for people like me.

Also, I am confused by your aversion to the FOX News poll.  I do consider the source ( I never watch the channel); but it says nothing about their public opinion polling.  If the polling was a shill for Bush, then they wouldn't have let him get down to 41%.

etc.

Well, in any case, it would be usefull to have more polls out so that bad polling agencies don't screw up the statistics.

[MaC]

Pardon my ignorance, but er, uh, what exactly did he do exactly?  Most presidents have something they've done that the public likes to earn approval ratings.  Was it handling Hurricane Rita or confirmation of Roberts?

[phk]

Pardon my ignorance, but er, uh, what exactly did he do exactly?  Most presidents have something they've done that the public likes to earn approval ratings.  Was it handling Hurricane Rita or confirmation of Roberts?

I think its lack of meaningful progress in Iraq thats driving people to dissaprove as of late.

[ATFFL]

Pardon my ignorance, but er, uh, what exactly did he do exactly?  Most presidents have something they've done that the public likes to earn approval ratings.  Was it handling Hurricane Rita or confirmation of Roberts?

The Delay indictment has been covered as a political prosecution, roberts breezed, Rita and the wildfires recieved mostly positive coverage.  The Frist investigation is just getting going and has not recieved much coverage.

Despite some people calling it a bad week for theRepublicans, it was really a pretty good week for the man in the White House.

[AuH2O]

A major thing that's kind of happened under the radar is that Katrina was actually not nearly so bad-- at least in human terms-- as was originally thought. The two "winners" that I see from that emerging reality are 1) the people of New Orleans and 2) the politicians directly involved.

Bush, however, was assigned less blame by the public, according to polls, than Nagin or Blanco. So the damage was somewhat limited, and what was done is receding. The news out of Iraq has gotten slightly less bad. The Roberts confirmation was a massive victory, handed to him on a platter by the 22 Democrats voting 'no.'

If oil prices can be brought down some and stabilized, by early next year Bush could be in decent shape. His ratings will never be sky high again, nor is that unusual (as the pertinent election becomes more remote, approval tends to decline).

[Democratic Hawk]

He's got hairs on his feet that man. I've come to the conclusion that he could roll down in sh**t and come up smelling of roses. Has he been "misunderestimated" again?

Dave

[12th Doctor]

As expected.  Not even Bush could stay in the lower 40's for too long.

I remember when Jimmy Carter's approval rating was 22%.  I think that's the worst in recorded history.  It can get a lot worse than the low 40s under the right circumstances.

If I have said it once....

Truman left office with a 19% approval rating.

[dazzleman]

As expected.  Not even Bush could stay in the lower 40's for too long.

I remember when Jimmy Carter's approval rating was 22%.  I think that's the worst in recorded history.  It can get a lot worse than the low 40s under the right circumstances.

If I have said it once....

Truman left office with a 19% approval rating.

Wow.  I knew Truman was unpopular at the end of his term, but I didn't realize just how unpopular.