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Bush Numbers Going Down, Down, Down

by catnip
Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 at 11:47:17 PM EST

A CBS News poll has Bush's approval rating at 35%.

The only recent president lower at this point in their second term was Richard Nixon.

Comparisons to Richard Nixon. Ouch.

"The president I think has bottomed out. I think last week was the bottom," said Ken Duberstein, who worked in the team that Ronald Reagan brought in to help recover from the Iran-Contra scandal.

Newsflash, Duberstein: he hasn't bottomed out yet. You can count on that.

Congress is rated even lower. Only 34 percent approve of its work.

Good thing 2006 is an election year. There's a change a comin'...

Vice President Cheney has never been as popular as the president, but his favorable rating is down nine points this year to just 19 percent.

19 percent.

Really - what needs to be said about that number? Looks like his relatives, friends and his Halliburton buddies are the only supporters he has left.

This is your Bush administration - one year after Bush proclaimed that he had earned "political capital". Looks like he's gone bankrupt and has taken the rest of the country with him.



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We have got to take our country back, and win congress to check these people.

A member of The Democratic Wing of The Democratic Party
by Barry Welsh (barry@barrywelsh.org) on Thu Nov 3rd, 2005 at 12:52:09 AM EST
I'll take one of those t shirts!

Frodo failed...Bush has got the ring.
by alohaleezy on Thu Nov 3rd, 2005 at 09:41:23 AM EST
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These numbers are awesome, especially if you follow the link and read the entire thing.  Plamegate is beginning to resonate big time. Thanks Catnip.

jpol
by jpol on Thu Nov 3rd, 2005 at 02:00:22 AM EST
Yes. The American public is paying attention.
by catnip (llamg88 at hotmail.com) on Thu Nov 3rd, 2005 at 02:07:11 AM EST
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Cheney had better not trim his Holiday Greeting card list this year or he's at 15%
by NorCalJim on Thu Nov 3rd, 2005 at 02:15:39 AM EST

I hear he's already reconsidered using DeLay's Direct Mail list for card recipients.

by rumi on Thu Nov 3rd, 2005 at 10:31:47 AM EST
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Nicely written. I really like that "19" number.
by Arminius on Thu Nov 3rd, 2005 at 12:59:01 AM EST
It looks like he got that political capital at a near zero interest rate.

Damn,...19%, that's incredible, Good job, Dick.

by rumi on Thu Nov 3rd, 2005 at 01:41:03 AM EST
Cheney is lower than Nixon ever was during his presidency.  I am stunned.  19% means that significant numbers of Republicans do not approve.  I guess that means they have been paying attention, at least a little bit?  I'm curious now as to what it would take to make those who approve of Bush but not Cheney to take that last step back to reality...  Are they the religious ones, since Cheney has done very little to placate that wing of the party?  They seem like they'd be the hardest to peel away from Bush now that Miers has been replaced with Alito, particularly since the rightist christians think most dems are demonspawn.

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When we hear freedom we know it doesn't mean armed occupation. --felagund
by froggywomp on Thu Nov 3rd, 2005 at 12:13:26 PM EST


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