"You’d have to be the reincarnation of Jefferson Davis running on ...

[understandinglife]

... a platform of reinstating slavery to poll that low. Your chickens, Mr. President, have really come home to roost.

How can you be so surprised?

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Your playing air guitar through Hurricane Katrina and your mama telling us that having our houses washed into Lake Ponchartrain is actually a good thing was just the icing on the (let them eat) cake.

From Brother President, I Feel Ya by Trey Ellis on October 14, 2005

Link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/trey-ellis/brother-president-i-feel_b_8852.html

And, from a Republican, African-American:

But, ultimately, who cares? The fact that a Republican president is polling low among black people isn't exactly a man-bites-dog story. But, I'm a Republican and I "disapprove" of the job George W. Bush is doing. My reasons are generally going to be a lot different than Mr. Gilliard's. However, in the context of polling, we are going to be listed as part of the 88/98 of black disapproval.

My reasons for discontent:

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5) Opening up a civil war in the Republican base.

It's the last item that bears watching. The big story in the poll is not that blacks disapprove of this president -- or that this black person disapproves (Heck, I've been disgruntled for quite some time.) The major finding is -- like other recent surveys -- the 39 percent, below 40, figure dramatizes that the president is in danger of losing favor with his core supporters. The reason for that is Harriet Miers.

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From Bush's Black Poll Day by Robert A George on October 14, 2005

Link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-george/bushs-black-poll-day_b_8842.html

Real soon now, if it hasn't already happened, one can imagine Warner and a few other stodgy Republican Senators taking a walk down Pennsylvania Ave not dissimilar to the one several of their colleagues took in August of 1974.

Of course, they may find the Oval Office empty if the Federal Marshals have already cuff'd and book'd Bush and Cheney.


Peace.

[hvn_nbr_2]

1. The walk of the Warners

one can imagine Warner and a few other stodgy Republican Senators taking a walk down Pennsylvania Ave not dissimilar to the one several of their colleagues took in August of 1974

That walk might well happen shortly after indictments.

[MostlyLurks]

2. 98% Disapproval Means...

Within the margin of error, Bush could have as low as -1% approval. That seems about right.

[bryant69]

3. It'll be interesting to see what

Star Parker, or Walter WIlliams, or Thomas Sowell, or Larry Elder, or Armstrong Williams write about this next week. My guess is they will make the argument that Bush hasn't been conservative enough to win Blacks over (it makes sense to them) or that they will dispute the poll.

Bryatn
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