Reuters: Bush job rating hits record low in NBC/WSJ poll (29%)

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Bush job rating hits record low in NBC/WSJ poll
Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:51PM EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's approval
rating has dropped to 29 percent in an NBC News/Wall Street
Journal poll released on Wednesday, his lowest mark ever in
that survey, which also found only 23 percent approved of
the job Congress was doing.

Bush's approval rating slid 6 points from 35 percent in April,
NBC said, citing a decline in support within his own Republican
Party. Sixty-six percent said they disapproved of Bush's job
performance.

In the poll, 62 percent of Republicans approved of Bush's job
performance, down from 75 percent in April. Thirty-two
percent of Republicans in the latest poll disapproved of Bush's
performance, up from 21 percent in April.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1340797820070614

[PDJane]

1. I keep wondering why it's so high..........

When Cheney's is around 9% or so.

[Gato Moteado]

2. approval rate less than 30%, an administration laden with scandal....

...a vp that commits treason on a daily basis, gas prices over $3 a gallon, foreclosures at an all time high, we're stuck in an unpopular war, the economy is shot....

remind me again...why is impeachment off the table?

[opihimoimoi]

3. Impeaching Bush means Cheney will be the Prez?

[Hart2008]

5. That's why Cheney gets impeached first. n/t

[opihimoimoi]

7. will bush be able to appoint/choose another before he himslf gets impeached also?? ?

[Hart2008]

11. A new VP would need confirmation by BOTH houses of Congress.

There is no requirement for ether house to even hold a vote on such a nominee, since there is historical precedent to leave the VP office vacant.

[opihimoimoi]

12. Thank you....then we should be looking for ways to Impeach ASAP

at the very least...A NO CONFIDENCE VOTE for our "CRONY PRESIDENT"

He is worse than "BROWNIE"

[A wise Man]

9. Cheney is already President

Do you think Bush has the brains to create all this mess alone?

[opihimoimoi]

10. The De Facto Prez who is the Veep? I buy that...

[frazzled]

4. I'm not popping the champagne over that number

For a couple of reasons:

(1) He doesn't give a shit what his numbers are: he will continue to do whatever he wants for the next 18 months (besides immigration reform). And it won't be good.

(2) The numbers for Congress being even lower means, together with Bush's abysmal (and deserved) ratings, that people are simply fed up with government and politics altogether. That is not such a good sign. I canvassed door-to-door in New Hampshire in 2004 and encountered no small number of people who said: I'm not voting in the primary; no politician is going to do anything that is important to me; they're all the same. If that feeling has spread, it's a bad sign for democracy. It's also why we shouldn't be constantly bashing the Democratic Congress every time they fail to get the supermajority they need for something or another: it gives people that "they're all the same; government is hopeless" attitude.

[harlinchi]

6. Are they unable to cite his numbers without citing those of Congress, too?

Every recent report on his poll numbers also cite the approval numbers of Congress, usually within the same sentence!

[radfringe]

8. if Congress's numbers stay this low....

I smell a big THROW THE INCUMBENTS OUT surge brewing

The DEMS victories in the '06 midterms was largely because they promised a change...people are seeing pretty much more of the same

yes, there have been some small victories - however "We Don't Have the Votes" is not a good slogan for the '08 races