The Elephant in the Room (Bush 28% Approval Newsweek Poll)

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Newsweek

It’s hard to say which is worse news for Republicans: that George W. Bush now has the worst approval rating of an American president in a generation, or that he seems to be dragging every ’08 Republican presidential candidate down with him. But According to the new NEWSWEEK Poll, the public’s approval of Bush has sunk to 28 percent, an all-time low for this president in our poll, and a point lower than Gallup recorded for his father at Bush Sr.’s nadir. The last president to be this unpopular was Jimmy Carter who also scored a 28 percent approval in 1979. This remarkably low rating seems to be casting a dark shadow over the GOP’s chances for victory in ’08. The NEWSWEEK Poll finds each of the leading Democratic contenders beating the Republican frontrunners in head-to-head matchups.

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A majority of Americans believe Bush is not politically courageous: 55 percent vs. 40 percent. And nearly two out of three Americans (62 percent) believe his recent actions in Iraq show he is “stubborn and unwilling to admit his mistakes,” compared to 30 percent who say Bush’s actions demonstrate that he is “willing to take political risks to do what’s right.”

Former New York City major Rudolph Giuliani receives the highest marks for having shown political courage in the past among the current major candidates from either party (48 percent of registered voters say he has), followed by Hillary Clinton at 43 percent, John McCain at 42, John Edwards at 33 and Barack Obama at 30. Mitt Romney comes in last among the six leading candidates at 11 percent.





Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18505030/site/newsweek

[Maestro]

1. And it seems that all of the idiots that still support him are

concentrated in my area of north central Texas. :eyes:

[PurpleChez]

2. Despair not....

I'm sure there are still a decent amount here in Oconee County, Georgia as well.

[Hyper_Eye]

14. I see my fair share

There is enough pukes to go around here in north AL. It is hard to find anyone without a kool-aid mustache here.

[PurpleChez]

37. A little while back, well before the '06 elections, but nonetheless

after Chimpy's numbers had begun their slide into the 30s, a family friend saw an anti-Chimpy cartoon around the house and responded in a cult-like drone "Don't you like George Bush?". Even then, two thirds of the country didn't like Bush, but some of these weirdos still cling to the memories of October 2001, when (some) people still through the bumblefuck could walk on water.

[UpInArms]

8. nope, they are all here with me

in NW Mo.

:(

[Ilsa]

9. A few diehards still in south texas as well. I'm in a red district in Victoria county. nt

[A Brand New World]

11. Quite a few still here in West Central Ohio too. But those

those Bush/Cheney bumper stickers are finally getting harder & harder to spot.

[llmart]

3. Take that, freepers!

Your buddy is a loser with a giant "L"!

[Rev. Mother Ramallo]

4. I see a lot of polls here at DU....

But, you know, Bush doesn't CARE, and he's NOT going to be on the ballot in '08.

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. true, but these polls show that he is a drag on the whole party....

thus making the chances for a Dem sweep seem more than possible at this point. btw, welcome to DU.

[Erika]

16. But the GOP rubber stamped Bush

and got us into this mess. That will be remembered.

[NI4NI]

6. The difference between us and them

is that they are only concerned that their leader's dismal 28% approval effects their party and their candidates chances, they don't give a damn about how his performance approval and his policies effects our entire country or how the rest of the world views us all.

[calimary]

7. Yyyyyyyyeppp.

Going down, sir?

Those who insist on standing with him are in increasing danger on two fronts: A) bush, and B) Iraq. Neither is showing improvement, and that's how it's been consistently for a LONG time.

I tell ya, the meat is growing more and more tender. I guess it must be the aging process.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3251839

BTW - check THIS one out, too, if you please. This one was a delight! Remember Thunderclap Newman? "Something in the Air"? From I think the early '70's. Well, something's in the air.

:headbang:

[calimary]

10. Looks like I tried too late to edit. Lookie:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=801053&mesg_id=801053

[Cant trust em]

12. What I want to know is...

what do these 28% like? Does GWB have to personally slap them before they start to see what I've known since 1999?

[tanyev]

19. That won't work either.

He's been abusing them for six years and they still don't want to leave him.

[PurpleChez]

38. Bushy could piss in their mom's eyes

and some of these morans would still idolize him. I continue to be absolutely perplexed by the fact that they defer to him more than they ever did to Reagan while he was actually in office, and they LOVED him.

[Cant trust em]

13. Maybe the elephant in the room (approval rating)...

...will kick the elephant (GOP) out of the room (Oval Office). Badoom ching!

[GreenTea]

15. I will bet its more like a 25% or 26% approval -The margin of error certainly not in Bush's favor.

And Bush will not make any new converts, but will likely lose even more with his scandals, policies, agenda and republican ideology that's being exposed daily. He wants to bomb Iran and thinks his numbers will improve with a new war for profit and his greedy imperialism...Very doubtful!

[Demeter]

23. 15% TOPS!

He's getting into Cheney range--how sweet!

[fasttense]

17. But he isn't the worst....yet

His poll numbers show a regular trend downward.

He isn't the worst. Carter (28%), Nixon (23%) and Truman (22%) had lower Gallup poll approval ratings but he only has 6% to go before he reaches the worst approval ratings in history.

But with the overall margin of sampling error at plus or minus 4 percentage points, we are really only talking about 2 points before he reaches the historically lowest approval rating.

[marshall]

20. Carter boycotted the Moscow Olympics

That really brought his approval rating down amongst people who really didn't pay attention to politics and world affairs but were livid over the US not competing in the Olympics that year.

[RamboLiberal]

22. Carter low approval IMHO was more about the Iran Hostage Crisis

At the time I seem to remember more Americans cheered his decision to boycott the Moscow Olympics in this country. BTW, I wanted to :puke: when Rudy claimed in the debate that Iranians looked in to Raygun's eyes and decided to let the hostages go. We all know the behind the scenes machinations the Raygun/Bush creeps pulled to sabotage the hostages being released under Carter.

[dkofos]

18. He will always be a ZERO to me!!

[earth mom]

21. I like how Rosie O'Donnell words it: * has a 72 % DISAPPROVAL RATE. nt

[mvd]

24. Whether the Repuke candidates mention him or not..

Bush will be there like a dark cloud over them. Imagine them saying they have new ideas and then pointing to someone with tired, discredited ones like Reagan had! The legacy of Reagan IS Bush. Bush is just even more extremist: even more corruption, illegal wars on a bigger scale, the religious right running the agenda more, more extreme tax cuts for the rich, etc.

[Heidi]

25. Kick.

:kick:

[mconvente]

26. Bush's approval rate falls to 28 percent: report

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President George W. Bush's approval rating has fallen to 28 percent in a Newsweek Poll released on Saturday, an all-time low for Bush in that survey.

Nearly two out of three Americans -- 62 percent -- believe Bush's recent actions in
Iraq show he is "stubborn and unwilling to admit his mistakes," Newsweek reported. Just 30 percent think Bush's execution of the Iraq war demonstrates he is "willing to take political risks" to do what's right.

Bush's unpopularity may also be casting a dark shadow over Republican chances for keeping the White House in 2008. Democratic front-runners lead potential Republican contenders in head-to-head match-ups across the board, the poll suggests.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070506/pl_nm/bush_poll_dc

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Wow - 20s territory in Newsweek now - while a low approval percentage is great, it doesn't mean anything if the people are view him as unfavorable start to ALL push for impeachment.

[Wickerman]

27. How on earth can that many people STILL be so deluded?

Yep, its time for impeachment.

[wake.up.america]

29. Stubborn means what? My kids are sometimes stubborn, but they don't blow up bridges.

Why can't we see a poll that says all but 28 per cent find him to be mentally incompetent, is destructive and needs to be removed from office?

[Bozita]

28. Looks like it's time for an "I am not a crook" speech.

To help out his numbers.

[Tom Joad]

30. mistakes? unwilling to confess to a crime against humanity is more like it.

[Erika]

31. Yep and the GOP rubber stamped him 100%

They are as guilty as he is.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

32. Time for the Chimp to start wearing a Ronald Reagan mask

and say "Ronald Reagan" after every other word that comes out of his mouth. Maybe that way he can triumphantly break above 30% again.

[Catalyst]

33. RamboLiberal

Isn't that name an oxymoron? lol

[RamboLiberal]

36. Not if you knew me

Actually I liked the name from a caller to a local liberal talk show so I decided it was a good username for me on DU.

[spotbird]

34. Will they stop calling him a popular president now? nt

[Marie26]

35. This story just made me really happy

Schadenfreude is fun. Bush is the albatross around the GOP's neck, & they're not going to be able to get rid of him for 20+ years. I think Rove might have succeeded in creating a permanent Democratic majority.