Bush ratings continue to drop to new lows(NBC/WSJ poll 37%job approval)

[Pirate Smile]

Bush ratings continue to drop to new lows
NBC/WSJ poll: Majority now prefer a Democrat-controlled Congress

By Mark Murray
Political reporter
NBC News
Updated: 6:44 p.m. ET March 15, 2006


WASHINGTON - The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll might sound like a broken record, but the tune grows louder as congressional midterm elections get closer and closer: President Bush is once again facing the lowest job approval rating of his presidency, the lowest percentage of Americans who believe the country is headed in the right direction, and an electorate that greatly prefers a Democratic-controlled Congress over a Republican-controlled one.

Yet the poll also shows something else that goes beyond the November midterm elections: A strong majority believes Bush is experiencing a long-term setback from which he’s unlikely to recover. “He’s losing his grip on governance,” says Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted this survey with Republican Bill McInturff. “It’s now a sense that we’ve seen the best that he’s going to produce as president of the United States.”

Despite this grim outlook for the Republican Party, it still holds advantages over Democrats — albeit by narrower margins — when it comes to Iraq and homeland security. And that could benefit Republicans in November, especially if national security issues dominate the landscape, as they did in 2002 and 2004.

According to the poll, only 37 percent approve of Bush’s job performance — his lowest mark ever in the survey. That’s a two-point drop since the last NBC/Journal poll, and a one-point decline from his previous low of 38 percent last November. In addition, just 26 percent believe the nation is headed in the right direction, a tie from the previous Bush administration low, which also occurred in November.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11843383/

[tularetom]

1. It won't get better either

because the dumb shit thinks god is tellin him what to do and he'll keep right on doing what he's been doing. It hasn't worked up to now and anybody with an IQ higher than his hat size would realize that. So the only direction I could imagine for his ratings is even further into the shitter. He'll keep insisting he was right even as the secret service is escorting his ass out of the WH after he has been removed from office.

[hadrons]

2. who broke the news to Chris Matthews???

and how much crying was there when he was told?

[liberalhistorian]

3. Good question, I wonder if

Tweety still thinks Shrub has a "sense of sunny nobility" about him now?

[AlCzervik]

4. i really think he wants Bush to be be reagan reincarnate.