Bush TO 29% - even with dad's low, aiming for Nixon and then new record low.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060512/pl_nm/bush_poll_dc_1

Bush job approval falls to 29 pct in new poll

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How come I am not surprised?

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How come I am not surprised?

It's almost like a game - watch the sinking Bush and see how low he goes.

Many presidents dip low and then recover, but Bush has sustained this low approval rating for some time w/no end in sight. He might be touching the teens, especially if his job market, which is a short-term buble IMO, busts.

Unfortunately he might go up if gas goes to $2 gal

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It's almost like a game - watch the sinking Bush and see how low he goes.

Yep, I like watching Kerry too -- 26% approval rating.

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It's almost like a game - watch the sinking Bush and see how low he goes.

Yep, I like watching Kerry too -- 26% approval rating.

Are you saying as a Senator he has a 26% approval? Show data....

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Many presidents dip low and then recover, but Bush has sustained this low approval rating for some time w/no end in sight. He might be touching the teens, especially if his job market, which is a short-term buble IMO, busts.

Unfortunately he might go up if gas goes to $2 gal

People vote their wallets all the time. Many people think Jimmy Carter was voted out so soundly because the Iranian hostage crisis made him look so weak. And that was true, but only in part. But also, for example, home mortgage interest rates were approaching 18%! Young couples who traditionally were ready to buy their first homes were effectively priced out of the market. That sort of thing affects people right at home, and it pisses them off.

Ordinary people (a) paying $60+ a pop to fill up their tanks so they can get to work (b) seeing the oil companies reap record profits (c) seeing corporations getting huge tax breaks (d) remembering that Bush & his dad made a lot of money in oil (e) seeing Halliburton get rich on sweetheart government contracts (f) seeing the govt reduce college student loan programs for middle-income people like themselves (g) seeing bankruptcy laws tightened by a GOP-controlled Congress, while wondering if they might get laid off at age 50, and (h) wondering if they're going to be able to make ends meet in another year or so....
.... are already looking for someone to blame, and they're going to play connect-the-dots next time they vote.

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Are you saying as a Senator he has a 26% approval? Show data....

From a recent recent NYT poll:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/09/washington/09cnd-poll.html?ei=5094&en=ceb3169b40af02d2&hp=&ex=1147233600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print

"The political situation has not helped some of the more prominent members of the Democratic Party. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, who was Mr. Bush's opponent in 2004, had a lower approval rating than Mr. Bush: 26 percent, down from 40 percent in a poll conducted right after the election.

And just 28 percent said they had a favorable view of Al Gore, one of Mr. Bush's more vocal critics."

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and they're going to play connect-the-dots next time they vote.

Oh, like hell they are. They're going to do what the television ads tell them to -- just like always.

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Are you saying as a Senator he has a 26% approval? Show data....

Massachusetts, who was Mr. Bush's opponent in 2004, had a lower approval rating than Mr. Bush: 26 percent, down from 40 percent in a poll conducted right after the election.

just as a few general questions on this

- this seemed to be a nationally conducted poll so how would
a person from Idaho evaluate whether a senator from
Massachusetts is properly representing his state?

- How exactly do you compare perfomance in an executive
position with performance in a legislative position.

- How do the rest of the votes split up between "don't know" and
outright "disapproval"?

If you really want to compare the two job approval ratings don't
seem to make much sense - favorability is perhaps more adequate
as they less tied to a particular job or function.
For Kerry the latest ones (Pew/FOX February 06) hover in the mid 40's. For Bush the same polls at the same time give roughly the same numbers. However, polls from a couple of month later (not available for Kerry) paint a more grim picture for Bush.

In any case not a lot of people were enthusiastic about Kerry. Many
however felt a candidate with a significant service record was the
only chance to counter the militaristic and red-alert bullying of a bunch of chickenhawks.

The one thing democrats should learn from this is that you should
never underestimate the gap between the legislative and executive
branch. Only few can straddle both.

Cheers, T

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just as a few general questions on this

Thanks, you wrote out some of the same questions I pondered regarding the lack of relevance between the Bush and Kerry poll numbers -- but who cares, it makes a beautiful sound bite!

KERRY HAS TWENTY-SIX PERCENT APPROVAL RATING, LOWER THAN BUSH

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In any case not a lot of people were enthusiastic about Kerry.

Kerry could've had this conservative's vote if he'd been any better. I didn't vote for Bush, I voted for "anyone but Kerry", and would do it again.

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