Average Bush Approval Rating

[CatWoman]

[TheDonkey]

1. That's ridiculous and a very sad sight

you can tell something is wrong when someones approval chart looks like a Cedar Point Roller Coaster.

[CatWoman]

2. but it is a powerful image

without war, bush is nothing.

thats what's really sad.

[Pithlet]

3. Wow

The capture of Saddam barely raised it past the lowest point right before the invasions, if at all. That's pretty bad.

[OneTwentyoNine]

4. Gee,guess what will have to em..."happen" before Nov.

How many dead this time around? LIHOP LIHOP....

David

[AngryYoungMan]

5. What's that pre-911 spike?

Was that when everyone got $100?

[CatWoman]

6. yep

that was spring/summer 2001.

[wabeewoman]

7. No wonder all he can talk about is 9-11

Look what it did for him. Without 9-11 he has numbers under 55% and you KNOW they would have gone much further down. Anyone seen what the SOTU speech did for him??

[CatWoman]

8. from MWO -- SOTU Figures

Bush 2004 45%

2003 50%
2002 74%
2001 66%
1999 56%

[Kazak]

9. Wow, did his numbers actually drop?

After the SOTU?

[ComerPerro]

10. Its really pathetic what a loser he is

Without 9/11, he is literally nothing. Because without 9/11, he wouldn't have had that massive spike. He also would not have had the Iraq and Afganistan wars that he wanted and had planned right upon getting in office.

Not that its reason to be suspicious or anything....

Seriously, how can anyone see something like this and still not even suspect that they deliberately let 9/11 happen... ?

[meti57b]

11. Interesting that there was less bounce getting Saddam then ....

attacking Iraq, considering the supposed reason we attacked Iraq was to get Saddam.

Otherwise speaking, in the overall steady downward trend, the second bounce looks to be about 1/2 of the first bounce and the third bounce is about 1/3 of the second bounce. If he gets another bounce, that should be about 1/4 of the third bounce.

[CatWoman]

12. he got 4 - 6 pt bounce

after capturing saddam

[CatWoman]

13. kick

:kick:

[Bandit]

14. Looks like a crooked W

D'oh I guess that is hitting the nail on the donkey.

[Butterflies]

15. very clear graph!

It makes it easy to see what bush need to happen if he'll have a chance of winning in November. I just hope he doesn't get away with NOT protecting the country and being seen as "strong and courageous" at the same time again. I still can't believe how successful they were with their version of 9/11.