Bush at 42-41% approval, how low will it be when the next poll comes out?

[Melodybe]

I'm thinking it will hoover at 40% for about a month and then finally I will get to have my George Bush sux party!

So how low do you think it will be in the next round of polls?

[Son of California]

1. Maybe

but don't underestimate the power that Cinday has had to drive home people's dissatisfaction with the war.

You may get to party earlier than you think.

[opihimoimoi]

2. If the combat fatalities continue unabatted......as low as the 20's

[KarenInMA]

18. I don't think most people care about that.

They will *tsk when they see it on the news, and give the lil' yellow magnet a pat, but it's the gas prices people are concered about. $$ is much more important that soldiers, doncha know.

[0rganism]

3. *shrug* depends on a lot of different stuff

Gas prices are key. If gas becomes even more prohibitively expensive (based on current American lifestyles) it could dip into the high thirties.

On the other hand, if gas prices stabilize or decrease and Iraq looks like it isn't a big bucket of clusterfuck for a week or so, his approval could bump up to around 50% again.

I don't have a clue how much the various other scandals floating around will affect the rating. The erratic way the press covers them, it's anyone's guess whether people are capable of understanding. Hell, if all I had to go on were corporate media accounts, I'd probably think the outing of agent Plame was no big deal.

[NewJeffCT]

6. my guess on gas prices...

they'll keep rising, and be maybe $3.50/gallon next summer. Then, miraculously, in late Sept/early Oct, they will drop 25-30 cents a gallon & the news media will trumpet the Bush energy policy & his close relationship with the Saudis as being able to finagle down the prices so effectively.

Of course, after election day, gas prices will shoot back up past $3.50 to $4.00 / gallon, and the media will attribute it to India & China, as well as the XMas driving season. No mention of ExxonMobil netting $35 billion in profits in 2005 or anything.

[0rganism]

20. Don't forget the Chavez scapegoating

An invasion of Venezuela could be the next great PNAC adventure, if Rove can't sell some bullshit excuse to invade Iran.

[Shadowen]

4. I now quote the Barbies from Toy Story 2.

"How low can you go?"

[tanyev]

5. How low can he go?

First you spread your limbo feet
Then you move to limbo beat
Limbo ankolimboneee,
Bend back like a limbo tree
George be limbo, George be quick
George go unda limbo stick
All around the limbo clock
Hey, let's do the limbo rock

[Arugula Latte]

7. I wonder -- will they let it go sub-40 % ?

I'm so cynical about everything now I expect tampering at every turn.

[Melodybe]

8. That's what I've been wondering about, gas is key

people are hurting.

[Podface]

9. the sweet sweet number is...

33% late fall early winter.

The coming storm:

Bloody organized battle in Bagdad.

Islamic Constitution in Iraq.

Fitzgerald's Plame finale.

The oil squeeze pushing gas to over $3 per gallon.

Economic crisis looming as inflation hits during holiday buying season because of gas prices.

Cindy Sheehan's protest continues to put Bush on the defensive. And he will say something really stupid and insensitive again.

Another terrorist attack on US soil.

Doom and gloom? I hope I'm wrong.

[Melodybe]

10. Oh the corporate polls forced to say that Bush is below 33% would

make me cry tears of joy!

[Melodybe]

11. kick

[Neshanic]

13. Add stock market and real estate crash in October.

[newyawker99]

24. Hi Podface!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[yourout]

12. not much lower......maybe 35%.

35% of the population are unreachable short of having to
sacrifice their first born to the Bush God.

[Hardrada]

16. I think some have sacrificed their first born

and are still Bushbots!

[wli]

14. the poll numbers are faked anyway

They're as high as they can be faked to be without being blatantly implausible. I doubt they'll ever be allowed to be reported as under 40%.

[Dinger]

17. Good Point, I Bet The ACTUAL "Approval" Rating Is 8-10 %!

And those people are probably dead!

[Jack Rabbit]

15. If the CNN program woke up some fence-sitters, it will drop

I figure his critical point is about 38%.

[Perky]

19. HIs hardcore base in 34%

He will bottom out at 38% to 41%

[Melodybe]

21. Agreed, but 39% is going to be a beautiful number

if the corporate media allows it.

[Melodybe]

22. kick cause I love playing how low can he go with freepers

[lonestarnot]

23. Now 33 and a turd!