President's ratings hit new low in poll (Gallup Poll - 37%)

[sabra]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-11-14-poll_x.htm

President's ratings hit new low in poll

WASHINGTON — Americans' views of President Bush and his trustworthiness have hit new lows, a downturn that could make it more difficult for him to push his legislative agenda and to boost Republican candidates in next year's congressional elections.

Fewer than one in 10 adults say they would prefer a congressional candidate who is a Republican and who agrees with Bush on most major issues, according to a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday. Even among Republicans, seven of 10 are most likely to back a candidate who has at least some disagreements with the president.

Bush's job approval rating sank to a record low 37%. The poll finds growing criticism of the president, unease about the nation's direction and opposition to the Iraq war.

"All of this is a culmination: How we ended up going into Iraq, gasoline prices, the underlying economic jitters, the sense that the president is out of touch with what the average person wants," Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio says. "What good news have people heard?"

"taken Friday through Sunday"... this is after last Friday's "counter attack against Dems" speech.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Too bad it's not the fall of 2006.. What an astounding stat...

Fewer than one in 10 adults say they would prefer a congressional candidate who is a Republican!

[JoFerret]

5. Still - it will not necessarily add up to votes

Elections for congress are often local and the GOP has a nasty lock on many places (thanks to redistricting). Incumbency is powerful.
Still - these are getting to where they should be <approval by the 9.3% of American voters too blinded by self -interest (i.e.greed and criminality)ignorance, bigotry and clogged eyeballs to see the fool for what he is - the naked emperor-wannabe.>

[aquart]

10. But it breaks the GOP leadership.

They followed these monsters without blinking or thinking. Now it looks to be straight over a cliff. These numbers reflect RAGE. Rage translates to THROW THE BUMS OUT.

This is a very important time for ANY Republican with leadership ambitions, because Frist, DeLay, and Hastert have insisted on blind obedience and the results suck.

Is it the Ides of March yet?

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. There aren't enough life boats for the fleeing RW rats.

[wordpix2]

33. Howard Fineman on Keith Olbermann just said tonight that Bush is

still failing throughout country and Bushe has never governed with Rove by finding common ground. Fineman gave Bush advice to stop fighting all his opponents and start working with them to figure out how to end war and get out.

This segment came after some footage of Bush with Laura in cold, cold Alaska. I guess * might have to move out there b/c no one in lower 48 will want him. Maybe a grizzly will do him in. Chuckle.

[TwentyFive]

35. Common ground?

Bush is the first president to have NO common ground with any rational, thinking people.

He is 100% pure crony capitalism and theocracy.

[TwentyFive]

31. Why do Republican approval ratings only tank in OFF ELECTION years?

Does the Republican spin machine scare enough voters to make bad poll numbers dissappear?


2006 will be the same old scare issues:
>Moral values
>Teenage abortion
>Gays recruit children
>Democrats enemy of normal Americans
>Swift boat liars
>9/11
>Democrats hate god
>Defend America
>Illegals take jobs
>Democrats ban guns
>Terrorists
>Tax increases
>etc, etc, etc,

And of course, the stupid corporate media will go along with the phony campaign of phony scare issues.

[dargondogon]

20. I think we're all getting ready to misunderestimate somebody

Bush has had about four solid days of denying he lied to take us to war. His explanation (the Democrats believed Saddam was dangerous too, and now they're just playing politics) is impossible to refute.

But we can all ask Mr. Bush a question: If you believed Iraq was so dangerous, why didn't you send enough troops at the beginning to win the war?

[amber dog democrat]

22. Oh but the Chimp CAN be refuted.

. His explanation (the Democrats believed Saddam was dangerous too, and now they're just playing politics) is impossible to refute. "


Did Congressional and Senate Democrats see all the raw intelligence provided to the White House and the CIA assessments that these WMD claims were suspect or just what the Chimp allowed them to see?

I'm thinking no.

Let's see his poll numbers continure to dive. He's a typhoid dubbya already.

[dargondogon]

40. Logical thought = misunderestimation

Congress is always an easy mark for a wounded president to attack. First, you accuse congressmen of being political. Next he'll say, "of course I withheld intelligence from them, they're too political." Then he'll say they had everything they needed to make a decision, he made darn sure of that.

It doesn't matter that the answers contradict each other. That's exactly how Bush always operates, by arguing contradictory points. The rules of logic don't apply. And those who think logically always misunderestimate him.

[amber dog democrat]

43. I will make it simple

Bush lies. He's not to be trusted and not to be believed.

simple as that.

[cliss]

42. It may still be astounding next fall.....

Here's why I believe Bush cannot dig himself out of the pit he's in -

1) Gas prices are not expected to go down much more. It's true that gas prices are looking better now, but the damage has been done. And home heating oil is still exorbitant. Plus, I just read that one of the major oil fields in Kuwait is expected to run out.

2) The war in Iraq is not going to improve. Bush has already assured us that he's "staying the course" no matter what. So we'll be stuck in the Quagmire, and people will be furious by next fall.

This is the main reason for Bush's poor performance in the polls. I was surprised: I thought people always let domestic issues be the dominant factor. But in this case, it's the Iraq war that's leading the unhappiness.

[Beetwasher]

2. Fewer than one in 10 adults say they would prefer a congressional candidat

"Fewer than one in 10 adults say they would prefer a congressional candidate..."

That's fucking astounding. Less than 10%. :wow:

This one's gotta hurt, it being Gallup and all.

[anotherdrew]

21. that does seem remarkable, unheard of even.

"no one could have expected this" says the pundit's


I said he was a lame-duck 4 or 5 months ago.

[PittPoliSci]

3. why is new low always too high for my liking?

[Oceansaway]

4. hahaha....your to funny...LOL

[Lexingtonian]

7. Sorry.

We're still working on it. But some machinery broke, drilling into rockheads is pretty hard work and it's a bitch keeping enough drill bits around. Plus Wally was late to work again- that lazy bastard.

[Amonester]

6. Hear Hear (You "Still" Soldout To Corporation$ MSM)...

The more you SPIN... The LOWER your "Owners" DROP! :applause:

Watcha gonna do? Go bankrupt (like your ma$ter$ do to the Treasury?)

Or HEAR WHAT THE FREE AMERICAN PEOPLE REALLY WANT? (Hint: Try "Honesty")

Your choice, puppet$... :argh:

[wryter2000]

19. Friday's CBS Evening News

CBS went after asshole with both barrels on Friday night. My jaw was hanging somewhere around my chest. First, they showed parts of his speech and called it an attack. Then, the tore up his assertion that Congress had the same intelligence he did in 2002. They even quoted Powell's chief of staff. It went on from there. Sorry I don't remember all the details any longer.

I imagine they'll report these poll numbers tonight. Should be interesting.

[Historic NY]

8. This is too funny......the more he attacks the lower he goes....

guess he hasn't figured out that the campaign was over and to continue to act like it hasn't is harming his numbers. Keep it up "W" the entire ship will sink with you.

[readmylips]

9. Lets hope he drops another ten points after China visit....

He'll make a bigger jerk of himself. He'll ask, 'are there any orientals in China? Sir, we are Asians. Orientals are rugs.

[Sequoia]

11. Ahnold says: I beat you to it.

Funny how both the losers are flocking to China these days.

[gasperc]

12. I'm surprised they left off the, it's the DEMS fault for dragging him down

our lack of subpeona powers, practically zero support from the MSM as well as being the minority party in legislatures throughout the country has somehow given us the uncanny ability to bring down GWB.

nope, you did this all on your own George, start blaming your chief politcal adviser Karl Rove the genius who total you to spend half of your polical capital on crushing social security. That was a big winner

[W2Hague]

14. A truer picture

.....of what this abortion of a misadministration REALLY looks like.
Graphic titled "W's Fantasy Island" for all you wonderful Lefty types out there at................

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Peace
D.L. Bruin

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. How many damn "LOWS" are there? One for each poll, I guess

but hell, wasn't it AP Ipsos that polled 35 %?

[sabra]

16. every major poll in the last week had * at the lowest thus far....

looking forward to next weeks :-)

[wryter2000]

17. That's what I'm saying!

I was so hoping that nasty diatribe would make matters worse for him. Shame on him to use Veteran's Day to launch a political attack!

[Faygo Kid]

18. Impeach him. Somebody in the House at least call for impeachment

Is there no one with the courage to call him out, especially after the abomination of that Veteran's Day speech? I know no chance with GOP control of both houses, but that doesn't mean it isn't the right thing to do.

[Jaundice James]

23. I knew it!

He ALWAYS tanks after a speech! -JJ

Shameless plug: http://jaundicejames.blogspot.com/

[NeoConsSuck]

24. Be a Proud Member of the Six Percent Club!

From the article:

About 50 percent of people polled said they disliked Bush, with 6 percent claiming to hate the president.

[Faygo Kid]

25. Can I join, can I, can I? Oh boy. Finally, a club that will have me.

The 6 percent club. Better than the 7 percent solution. And growing. I'm a proud and happy dude!

[TwentyFive]

36. Only 6 percent. It should be much, much higher.

I'd think the hate bush club is at least 30-40% of Americans....but jumps to maybe 80% when taking the civilized world into accont.

[ClintonTyree]

26. As long as the dimwit in chief........

continues his laissez faire stance on his administration's involvement in the Valerie Plame affair and their manipulation of intelligence leading up to the illegal and immoral invasion of Iraq, his numbers will continue to fall.
The smartest minds in the Conservative movement (I know, that isn't too smart) advised that bush take his lumps, clean house from top to bottom and admit to their mistakes and manipulation regarding Iraq. Bush, ever the hot tempered, mule-headed and "loyal" idiot he is, decided, either on his own or on the advice of his underlings, to do the only thing they had ever done; attack.
Each day bush attacks the "naysayers" and the Democrats that he now says are aiding and abetting the enemy with their charges that he and his merry gang of thugs manipulated intelligence. Attack, attack, attack. That's all these people know, playing nice has never entered their minds. It's a win at all costs, scorched earth policy that has worked well for them over the years. There comes a time though when the truth catches up with you, when the facts are so overwhelmingly against you that you either abandon your policies or you stick with them to the bitter end and let them consume you. The latter is what the bush cabal has chosen to do. They intend to hurl insults, slurs and lies to the very end. The only problem is, no one is buying them anymore. The truth is out there, naked as a newborn baby and cannot be denied, dismissed or distracted from. The jig is up for these guys, they know it and are going to go out swinging. This is what scares me. What are they capable of in their quest to maintain their grip on power.
The Nixon administration took much the same tack. We all know how that ended and I see startling similarities between the two. I guess these guys just aren't as smart as we gave them credit for. They started to believe their own hype and bullshit and now have nowhere to turn. They've painted themselves into a corner.
We can expect more of the same over the next few months, but somewhere, somehow soon the damn is going to burst. I'm scared to even think about who or what is going to be in the way when that damn does burst. These men are evil and are capable of anything.

[Little Star]

27. If he just keeps on a talking

maybe we'll see 27% soon. Here's hoping

[happydreams]

28. This only matters if you live in a democracy

which we don't.

[Tight_rope]

29. Countdown with Keith Olbermann is showing 36%...

I believe it's 19%:evilgrin:

[yorkiemommie1]

37. 36% is what i heard on NBC tonight

oh, my poor GOP hubby heard it too! i couldn't help but laugh.

[Rainscents]

30. And, this is Gallup Poll. They always poll much higher Republicans

then, they do Dems and Independent. Well, at least I have some hope now.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

32. I saw one member of the 37% driving down the road today.

He had dubya stickers on his car and he was holding up traffic in the lane next to me, picking his nose and bobbing around, apparently looking for a side street to turn on. I was on the passenger side so I got a good look at him and his goober wife. I blew them a razzberry as we passed, and we all laughed at the dipshits.

[TwentyFive]

34. hahahaha! Good for you!!! Have you seen my FUCK BUSH bumper sticker?

My FUCK BUSH bumper sticker REALLY gets them pissed! I mean REAALLY pissed. I bought several to put on rental cars when I travel. I was in Texas last month and discovered it infuriates them....especially when I'm driving a nicer car then they are.

[yorkiemommie1]

38. you are brave!

my daughter has had water bottles thrown at her car and people cutting her off. in Southern Calif.!

[Bozvotros]

39. "What good news have people heard?"

Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio says. "What good news have people heard?"

Really, what good news has ever come out of this viper den in five years? I like to ask this to Republican types. And usually get a long silence.

Their Mighty Wurlitzer is no longer able to convince people that we are just having a lot of rain lately. People now know they have been getting pissed on and they are getting pissed off.

[NJCher]

41. people are angry

I showed OutFoxed to a class tonight despite the fact that some of the class members even said they owned the movie. Some said they'd shown it to their friends and that is, in fact, why they'd bought it in the first place.

As we watched the DVD, the anger was palpable.

Cher

[Douglas Carpenter]

44. fabulous

I'm just bracing to see what if any effect the recent White House offensive will have. I certainly hope it backfires.

[rpannier]

45. So a poll that generally asks more pukes than Dems

is showing 37% support. What a F**King shame. No wonder scrubbie says he doesn't read polls -- He might learn something from them.

[riverwalker]

46. how loooooow can you go

:bounce: How low, Commander Cookoo Bananas, how low? :bounce:

Every limbo boy and girl
All around the limbo world
Gonna do the limbo rock
All around the limbo clock
Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
Jack go unda limbo stick
All around the limbo clock
Hey, let's do the limbo rock

Limbo lower now
Limbo lower now
How low can you go

[Lasher]

47. 3 polls are showing 36% approval

Newsweek, Faux Snooze, and Pew Research show a 36% approval rating for Dubya.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls.html