Bush down to 49 percent approval in Newsweek poll

[lancdem]

His reelect's at 45 yes, 49 no. Kerry's ahead of Bush by 2, Edwards trails by just 5. The rest are further behind. If some other candidates win primaries on Feb. 3, I'm sure their head-to-head numbers against Bush will improve.

BTW, this is the third poll with Bush under 50 percent in the last week and a half - Zogby, 49; American Research Group, 47; and Newsweek, 49. This is a new low for him in Newsweek. Personally, I'd love to see him drop into the mid- to low 40s. Since his hardcore support is in the 30s, I believe that's possible.

http://www.pollingreport.com

[MikeG]

1. Now we know why we're getting another terra alert.

[Old and In the Way]

2. I agree....the structural problems this administration have created

are not going away. More people are beginning to pay attention to the issues. We are stuck in Iraq, the middle class economy continues to degrade, questions are being asked by a previously sympathetic broadcast media, investigations are being demanded.

Bush will be lucky to hold his base this election.....this could be the most embarassing repudiation of an incumbant that this country has ever witnessed. A fitting end to the most incompetent, corrupt, and anti-American administration ever foisted upon this country.

[calimary]

3. And he is NOT holding his base together.

Did you see that article in The Nation?

I'll have to search for the link, but it told of how ONE OUT OF EVERY SEVEN republican voters in the primary wrote in a Democrat's name. Kerry got the most, followed closely by Dean and then Clark. And judging from one disaffected 61-year-old republican Vietnam Vet, it wasn't some dirty trick scheme pushed by Limbaugh or somebody to sabotage the Democrats. This guy was really ticked, and declared that we need a veteran who's actually seen war to be a commander-in-chief, because only a veteran would know what war is really like. And he WASN'T talking about the "veteran" who hid out in the Texas Air National Guard, and then proceeded to hide out even from that.

on edit -

Found the link:

http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/index.mhtml?pid=1221

[lancdem]

4. Thanks for the link

Great article!

[calimary]

6. Oh yeah, something else I really liked from Andrew Sullivan

Wednesday, January 28th, 2004

BUSH IS IN DEEP TROUBLE: I'd say something else. The huge turn-out in New Hampshire; the electability factor for Kerry; the passion of the Dean people: all this shows how thoroughly energized the Democrats are to win back the White House. Bush is in the Rove-Cheney cocoon right now. From the SOTU, it looks like he's going to run on 9/11. Bad, backward-looking idea. His coalition is fracturing; his reach out to Hispanics seems to have hurt him more with the base than won him new votes; his spending has independents deeply concerned; Iraq is still a wild card; prescription drugs pandering hasn't swayed any seniors; the religious right wants him to attack gay couples in the Constitution - which will lose him the center. More worrying: I'm not sure he even knows he's in trouble.

http://www.andrewsullivan.com

Enjoy! I certainly did!

[brainwashed_youth]

10. interesting link

but is there somewhere else you have seen this. The Nation leans to the left, and I would just like to see this somewhere else that maybe isn't quite as biased as The Nation(no offense to it, I read The Nation)

[morgan2]

15. what'd be funny

is if the democrats also registered to be on the ballot in the republican primaries. Getting delegates there would be hilarious.

[NJCher]

5. your words

...this could be the most embarassing repudiation of an incumbant that this country has ever witnessed. A fitting end to the most incompetent, corrupt, and anti-American administration ever foisted upon this country.

I live for the day!

Cher

[William Seger]

7. Texas Toast

[salinen]

8. I just wet my pants

[demgrrrll]

9. I love the toast! I want to see the helicopter take off from the WH.

I want to be there. He has made such a mess that I do not envy the Democratic winner, but at least he will not be there to create any more havoc.

[kskiska]

11. He probably won't even take the helicopter

He'll slink away in the dead of night, maybe in a Greyhound bus.

[Poiuyt]

12. He'll leave in chains

being frog-marched into the back of a paddy wagon.

(did I just show my age?)

[demgrrrll]

16. He can take the dog or a bicycle or a scooter or walk home as long as

he is defeated and out of town by January. What irks me
is that now that they have looted the treasury and set up their friends with contracts they may not even care if they lose. After what they have done I want him and CheeKnee to feel a world of hurt.
May not happen though.

[buycitgo]

14. texas toilet?

[rockymountaindem]

13. I think people misunderstand the question.

When the pollsters ask "do you approve of Bush's job as Prez", I think people are missing the point. Obviously more people think he should get the heave-ho than stick around. My hypothesis is that when people hear that question they misinterpret it to "Is Bush trying to do his best?". I think more people will assume that he would try to do his best, and then think that Bush's best isn't good enough. See what I mean? I think the pollsters should switch to "Do you like what Bush has done and plans to do?", his numbers in that one would plummet.

[laruemtt]

17. when i see his numbers dropping

i always get excited and then immediately apprehensive - what's he gonna do next to divert our attention?

[Shopaholic]

19. Apprehension

I know what you mean about apprehension--I'm just waiting for them to pull Osama out of their ass. The way shrub's numbers are tanking I don't even think he'll be the October surprise-more like the March surprise!

[newyawker99]

21. Hi scmirage!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[neverforget]

18. The media will still remind us that he's extremely popular and

will ask if any Democrat can beat him. That's how the whores work.

[William Seger]

20. They could say that before...

... because that's what the polls showed. Now, even if they try to spin it, they'll have to report that his approval is below 50% and that Kerry at least could beat him. That could very well get the "herd mentality" going against him. At the very least, people who haven't really been paying much attention are going to notice that the situation has changed, which may unstick their cog wheels.