Poll: Bush approval at 39 percent

[ckramer]

President Bush's job approval has dipped below 40 percent for the first time in the AP-Ipsos poll, reflecting widespread doubts about his handling of gasoline prices and the response to Hurricane Katrina.

Nearly four years after Bush's job approval soared into the 80s after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Bush was at 39 percent job approval in an AP-Ipsos poll taken this week. That's the lowest since the the poll was started in December 2003.

The public's view of the nation's direction has grown increasingly negative as well, with nearly two-thirds now saying the country is heading down the wrong track.

"As a nation, we are pretty well stretched," said Barry Allen, a political independent from Reed City, Michigan. "I approve of some of the things the president has done and disapprove of others. Overall, I disapprove."

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[niyad]

1. the scary part is that nearly 40% are so brain dead as to think he is

doing a good job. are such subnormally intelligent people actually allowed to walk around loose, without their keepers?

[wake.up.america]

2. You know what? Many people have changed from supporting Bush...

to not supporting Bush. Logical....

Bush has not changed at all.

No change from 2000 to 2005 in Bush.

Get the picture?

I predicted disaster of all types before Bush stole the election in 2000.

[Gronk Groks]

3. One by one, they are beginning to wake up...

...the question is can America survive long enough? Will the shrub freak out and bring on the "rapture" when he sees it slipping away?

[ThumperDumper]

4. What's the lowest any president has gotten? n/t

[BlueIris]

6. I've read two reports about this and they both say:

Nixon was at 16%, right before resignation. But some people don't "count" that, because of the "extenuating circumstances" that were the Watergate hearings. Some (read: Reaganite) historians seem to want to list Jimmy Carter as having had the lowest approval rating during a "normal" presidency, with 20%.

[truthisfreedom]

5. unbelieveable. he's got to be lower than any pres-dunt in recent history

save reagan, that is.

[Algorem]

7. Not good enough yet-"Still, even at his current low point, Bush outscores

every other recent president's low point since John Kennedy, who bottomed out with a 56 percent approval rating. Richard Nixon holds the modern record for the lowest approval rating - 24 percent - during the Watergate scandal that forced his resignation.

Bush's father, whose approval high was 89 percent after the Persian Gulf War, saw his rating plummet to 29 percent amid an economic downturn. Jimmy Carter sank to 28 percent at his low point..."(unbelievable)-

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/11232062.htm

Bush's approval rating hits new low for his presidency

By Ron Hutcheson

Knight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON - President Bush's job-approval rating has sunk to 45 percent, the lowest of his presidency, amid public opposition at his intervention in the Terri Schiavo case and growing concern over soaring gasoline prices.


The slide in Bush's standing comes at a time when he needs all the political leverage he can get to push through his embattled plan to change Social Security. The 45 percent rating is a far cry from his record 90 percent approval after the Sept. 11 attacks, but it's still well above the low marks scored by most recent presidents, and it's also within range of Bush's relatively steady poll numbers over the past year...

[NicRic]

8. 45% ?

I had a hard time buying the 39% approval rating ,45% is even haarder to buy. In fact I find it unbelievable that anyone with even 1/2 a brain would still support this guy or ever did ! He is the absolute worst possible person to be in this position at this time in our history or at any time for that matter .He is one example of someone who makes one bad decision after another ,and each time ,its the people and the country that suffers ,his life is uneffected by his own bad decisions ,and I really think he could care less how much he is liked .As long as he follows thru with his obligations and the V.P.'s to the large corperations , which he has done a terrific job at. That was a piece of cake for him ,he just let them make all the policy ! Even when he is not on "vacation" in Crawford ,he is on vacation in Washington ! Kind of his life story ,one long vacation !

[Massacure]

9. You don't have to support him in order to approve.

Some people just do not watch the news for whatever reason it may be, and when asked if they support George Bush, they say, "Oh! He is the president! Of course!" without giving it a second though. It is sad, but there are people who just blindly approve the governments job without knowing a thing about what it is doing.

What pisses me off is when people know that the government is being run be someone as corrupt as corrupt can be and don't have a care in the world about it.

This is probably why Bush took a five point drop in the last week.

[Algorem]

10. oh,yeah,that's from March,I didn't see that,or the 45%,shoulda left it off