Bush Approval at 37% After Zarqawi's Death, Poll Says (NBC/WSJ)

[sabra]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a828I6Upxd60&refer=top_world_news

Bush Approval at 37% After Zarqawi's Death, Poll Says (Update1)

June 14 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush's job approval rating is at 37 percent, up 1 percentage point, in a NBC News and the Wall Street Journal poll taken after the death of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the formation of a new government in Iraq.

Approval for Bush's job performance remains less than 40 percent for the seventh straight survey, NBC reported. The approval of the job of Congress was 23 percent, the poll found.

Forty-nine percent of registered voters want a Democratic- controlled Congress after November's elections, while 38 percent would like Republicans to retain control. That 11-point gap compares with a six-point advantage for Democrats in an April poll by the two news organizations.

The survey of 1,002 adults was conducted from June 9-12 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, NBC said.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points

So how can they be so sure it's up 1 point?

[Ryano42]

2. Several hundred tons of Jet A

And JP-4 and laser guided bombs for a couple short-lived points??? :rofl: :mad:

Not to mention POOR Tony Snow and Dan Bartlett skeered sensless! :o

Idiot(s).

[joefree1]

3. He's got a mandate again

Rove, Cheney, O'liely, Ann Coulter? What man could refuse a date with this popular President? :sarcasm:

[Blackhatjack]

18. Right! Guess He is going to start spending his political capital .....

He believes as long as his base of 37% support him, that is all the majority he needs.

Somebody! Please! Find this man some brush to clear!! We are all safer that way.

[grasswire]

4. here's the important part

"Forty-nine percent of registered voters want a Democratic- controlled Congress after November's elections, while 38 percent would like Republicans to retain control. That 11-point gap compares with a six-point advantage for Democrats in an April poll by the two news organizations"

[regnaD kciN]

5. If that's all Bush can pick up after another "Turning Point"...

...he's in trouble. And the "dead terraist bounce" will wear off with the next few attacks on Americans in Iraq.

Now, the big question is: will the Democrats in Congress be able to capitalize on this and retake the majority? And do they even want to do so? :shrug:

[Ringo84]

6. Re:

Up only one point? I have to say that that is encouraging....
Ringo

[aquart]

7. He just bounced right up there, didn't he?

But this is our George, a man of still unplumbed depths. I know he can break records, I just know it.

[Demeter]

9. Fresh Sarcasm In the Morning--Best Stimulant I Know!

Thanks for the zinger!

[Skarbrowe]

8. They will somehow get the polls within "stealing/vote blocking" distance

before November. Rove is diabolically good at that. I feel it in my cynical old bones.

Please, please, please, just let me be suffering from a cloud of pessimism and I will gleefully be proved wrong.

[JudyM]

10. Ten bucks says they 'catch' Bin Laden this October.

They're damned sure to pull something out right before the midterms. Ugh.

[INDIA]

12. Yeah...

Just like they were going to catch him and the WMD's right before the 2004 elections.:eyes:

I'm getting tired of the conspiracy theories.

[underpants]

11. Death always makes W's numbers go up

it is the best thing that ever happened to him.

[struggle4progress]

13. Approve and Disapprove BOTH up a point since April:

http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm

[Rex]

14. 37% dam that's a new mandate!!!

NOT.

[JudyM]

15. Let's hope that's all. CNN posted poll results today citing 5% boost from

last month in people's approval of his handling of Iraq.

Don't you just love the "resolution" congress just passed, by the way, connecting Iraq to our fight on terrorism? What a crock.

[Roland99]

16. Check out NBC treated this incredible news this morning on Today Show >>>>

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1441279&mesg_id=1441279

[superconnected]

17. self delete.

[sofa king]

19. Bush moves up from "detestable" to "execrable."

Congratulations on improving your image, Mr. President.