Bush Approval Rating Still Way Down

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Bush Approval Rating Still Way Down

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Savanarola's recent post about Bush poll numbers was a downer. Here's some good news. People may be waking up after all.

According to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll conducted from Jan. 26-29 of 1,011 adults and which has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, Bush’s approval rating is at 39 percent.

This is unchanged from last month’s NBC/Journal poll.

Now get this: According to the NBC/WSJ poll, only 25 percent say they want to see Bush take the lead role in setting policy for the country, while 49 percent say they prefer Congress. People realize that Bush's "leadership" has led the country into nothing but disaster.

I doubt that Bush's absurd State of the Union speech did much to give him a boost in the polls.

You can read more here:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11103804/
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Dislike of Bush, deep and wide

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From crooksandliars.com

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Bush is unpopular across the entire country

One of the most under-discussed and under-appreciated political facts is the depth and intensity of George Bush's unpopularity in this country. It isn't just that his approval ratings have fallen into the 30's again, although that is significant. More significant still is the fact that Americans disapprove of his performance in every region in the country, and in almost every state.

This 50-state polling chart compiled by USA Survey is quite telling. Bush's approval rating is above 50% in only 6 states in the entire country, and Texas is not one of them. In 40 out of 50 states -- 80% of the country -- more people disapprove of Bush than approve of him.

Most revealing is Bush's intense and pervasive unpopularity in Ohio, the state which swung the election in his favor. People in Ohio disapprove of Bush's performance by an amazingly lopsided margin of 37-60%. Apparently, they're not happy that they have no jobs, their kids have no health insurance, their neighbors have been stuck and are being killed in an increasingly unpopular, endless and senseless war in Iraq, and the President is surrounded by cronyism and corruption and thinks he has the power to break the law. But at least gay couples can't get married, so that's good.

While large numbers of Ohioans became convinced in 2004 that the all-consuming, paramount gay marriage issue compensated for all of the corruption and ineptitude of the Administration, it looks like they -- along with the rest of the country -- have changed their minds and have realized that this Presidency is a disaster for our country in every way that matters.
--posted by Glenn Greenwald

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What's weird is that, if you go read anything on the conservative side of NWAP or that family coalition blog, there are actually people out there who still say things like "most people support the president" and that those who don't are "way out fringe lefties" and whatnot. They are so immersed in their right-wing lives that the only people they talk to or watch on TV are just like them, so they actually believe that's what the majority of people believe...they just pooh-pooh the polls and blame them on a "liberal media".
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Bush’s Policies Don't Promote Growth

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This short article gives a good overview of the Bush economic failure and perhaps an insight into why he is so unpopular:

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Bush’s Policies Don't Promote Growth

Commentary: The economic evidence is clear: the president’s tax changes have not worked to improve the health of the economy.

By John Irons and Lee Price

February 17, 2006

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http://www.mojones.com/commentary/colum ... olicy.html
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Polls Still Low

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Two weeks later, and Bush is still at 39/40 % in the polls.

Time 2/15-16/06
Approve 40
Disapprove 54
Unsure 5

CNN/USA Today/Gallup 2/9-12/06
Approve 39
Disapprove 56
Unsure 4

And with the scandals brewing on the horizon, things are only going to get worse for Bush.
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Great letter to the editor in today's NWATimes, outlining how Bush has played right into bin Laden's plans.
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