shrub receives undeserved 9/11 anniversary bounce.,,.45% approval

[Clarkie1]

Forty-five percent (45%) of American adults approve of the way that President Bush is performing his job. Fifty-two percent (52%) disapprove.

The President hasn’t enjoyed a 45% approval rating since a couple of days in July. His ratings haven’t been higher than 45% since February 22, 2006. Since this is just the second day of a bounce, it remains to be seen whether this reflects lasting change or is nothing more than statistical noise.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm

I suspect this "bounce" will go away in the coming days, gradually. I was a little concerned to hear on the radio today though that Dems are now only favored in congress by an 8% margin whereas the previous margin was 16%. We have a lot of work to do to retake the House and should not take anything for granted.

[rodeodance]

1. yup. he has been hedging up slightly all year.

[stepnw1f]

15. Yup...and will creep up until the Election

just like his numbers did before the last election. These polling companies should seriously be scrutinized by pros.

[maxsolomon]

2. source?

link?

where the hell does this 45% live, anyway? not in Seattle.

[Kutjara]

3. What a cretinous lot we are.

It was just about tolerable when Chimpy's ratings were dipping into the 20s. I could just about tolerate the fact that 20%-25% of my countrymen and women were total fucking idiots. Now, that number is heading back towards 50%, which means that every other person I see in the street is a brainless dickhead. It's just too depressing to contemplate. I need to go lie down.

[kerstin]

4. Agreed.

:puke:

[napi21]

5. Don't despair yet. we don't know what poll that was, or if any

of the other ones werein line with it or still much lower.

I guess we have to recognize that at least some people wereaffected by that stupid ABC movie. Wait and see what the next week brings.

[Clarkie1]

9. Definitely do not despair. It's Rasmussen, so take that into account.

Still, it does objectively appear that there has been somewhat of an undeserved, unearned bounce.

If these things made any sense, shrubs ratings would go down every time Americans were reminded of his ineptitude, dereliction of duty, and failure to prevent the attack.

[John Gauger]

13. I think you are forgetting

all those who disapprove of Bush but are still idiots. Just because they are not in the 20% doesn't mean they are not idiots. Of course, going back into that 45% DOES make you an idiot.

[Horse with no Name]

6. I don't believe it.

I don't know if it was a bad sample or what, but too many people--both Republicans AND Democrats--don't approve of this pResident.
This is just spin. Nothing more.
There aren't that many stupid people in this country. I'll buy 25% but not 45%. Nope. No way. Not happening.

[Individualist]

7. Rasmussen poll

They most likely polled repugs only.

[CatWoman]

8. doesn't jive with the other polls

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

[Clarkie1]

12. This one is more recent than all of those. nt

[CatWoman]

17. .....

http://www.easybourse.com/Website/dynamic/News.php?NewsID=54904&lang=fra&NewsRubrique=2

[Clarkie1]

21. Thanks for the link. Encouraging, but....

it was conducted September 7-10. Some of the Rasmussen sample is a bit more recent.

Still, it's Rasmussen so I hope it's just biased methodology....or is a dead cat bounce.

[stepnw1f]

18. Yeah, But it's Rasmussen... come on now (nt)

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. Gasoline is getting cheaper & it's cooling down.

I doubt it has anything to do with anything that jr. has done.

[ananda]

11. Is this so the media can manipulate..

.. the public into accepting voter fraud as plausible election results?

[walldude]

14. Holy Crap.. It's a MANDATE!!!! n/t

:eyes:

[Yoda Yada]

16. Katherine Harris says, "You can make polls say whatever you want."

...And she ought to know from firsthand experience.

My guess is that "polls" will be creeping up for Bush and Republicans in the next 2 months. (At least to get into the near 50-50 area.) Republicans know how to do that.

Then their beloved voting-machine-scenarios will kick it. Diebold machines here.....missing ballots there.....you get the picture.

Yup...never fight with pigs. YOU get dirty, and they LIKE IT.

[lapfog_1]

19. The polling data has to be manipulated by the MSM and

the powers that be (the folks BEHIND the neocons), otherwise, how can they possibly pull off
another stolen election? If the polls are close (+/- 5 percent of 50), then when they "Diebold"
the election, only a few "conspiracy nuts" will complain and write obscure mathematical papers on
why there had to be overt fraud in the election. If they keep it close (as reported by the MSM,
never mind the reality on the ground), then when the election is stolen, pretty much everyone will
go along with it.

Which is why we have to hack the vote LAST, and "steal" it back (and represent the true will of the
people).

Absolutely nothing has happened to improve *'s numbers, other than there is NO reporting about Iraq anymore,
and gas prices have dropped a moderate amount (for no good reason).

[Lone_Star_Dem]

20. Not really, though

Look at their results beside all other pollsters, they don't compare.

They've kept him in the 40's even when he was polling in the mid 30's on every other poll.

What they've been doing is easing him up one point at a time in an attempt to make him look less unpopular right before the elections.

[datadiva]

22. So, it's Rasmussen, which means

we deduct 10% and get nearer to the truth. :-)