Is Bush beginning to turn corner on his approval rating?

[WI_DEM]

It makes no sense to me but the media is trumpeting that Gallup now has Bush at 40% approval. Up from 31% in May. They seem to think that the chimp is turning a corner and finally getting the bounce they predicted a month ago.

What say you? I think it will take more than one poll to give us a total picture. Frankly I don't see why people would suddenly embrace Bush--the situation in Iraq is no better and gas prices continue to rise.

[Virginia Dare]

1. I think it's more bullshit being peddled by the media...

From what I've been reading, poll numbers around the country are indicating that anti-Bush sentiment is giving a bounce to many Democratic candidates. If the GOP doesn't soon face reality, they're going to be in some trouble, and they'll probably have to get more blatant about stealing their elections.

[bluestateguy]

2. Low expectations

When Bill Clinton had these kinds of numbers in 1993-94, the corporate media was going on and on about his "failed presidency". Then there was the little mousy reporter who asked him at a press conference in 1995 if he was "still relevant" after Newt Gingrich took over the Congress. Four years later Bill Clinton was still the president with a 65% approval rating and Newt Gingrich was out of a job.

Anyway, the corporate media has set expectations so low for this little spoiled brat for the last 7 years that this can only be spun as a Bush "comeback". Late last year Bush experienced a mild rebound, with one poll showing up as high as 46%, but of course it did not last. And neither will this. I'm not too worried.

[WI_DEM]

3. excellent points, thanks

[napi21]

17. Clinton's #'s were NEVER as low as Shrubs!

Even the media pointed this out. At the hight of the Monica investigation, Bill's #'s were around 60%!

[C_U_L8R]

4. That's just gonna piss more people off

People have eyes... and they're smart enough to
know that what they see going on in this country
does not jibe with the bullshit coming from this
administration, Sure there's the lunatic 20%....
there will always be the lunatic 20%.. but mainstream
America has had ENOUGH of these Republican Crooks.

Bush is bouncing like a dead cat.... he's going down.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. What do they attribute this gain to?

[WI_DEM]

6. from what I understand: the "booming" economy and better PR

from the White House.

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. I could use a little good economic news, I wonder what I missed?

Jobs growth is down, the market has been down since May, interest & inflation is up. What was the good news?

[Botany]

9. G.M. just dumped 30% of it's work force and moved the jobs to India

Is that the news you needed?

[bdamomma]

15. more BS

and remember rove is behind the scenes again.

[Justice Is Comin]

8. Turning the corner and right into a wall

:rofl:

[Julius Civitatus]

10. People can be mind-numbingly STUPID

There's nothing Bush could do... NOTHING, that would make Bush go below 29% in the ratings. About 1/3 of us seem to be mind-numbingly dumb and gullible, as well as servile to power.

[kiraboo]

11. What with his spin on the economic news,

his so-called "negotiations" with Iran, his claim that Guantanamo should be shut down, and that terrorists will now receive due process, it's obvious that he's doing whatever the fuck he can to get his number up. What is frustrating is that people are falling for it. We are truly a nation of simpletons.

[Marr]

12. They're trying to set the stage for GOP election theft in November.

Got to make it believable.

[RagAss]

28. Bingo !!!....Hold your cards evereybody....we have a BINGO !!!

[n2doc]

13. Lack of bad news

At least, bad news that can't be ignored by the msm. Frankly, Iraq is imploding and you don't hear much about it in the msm, just an occasional note that another dozen or so died. The next time a Katrina level disaster happens and he F**ks it up again, his numbers will dive again. It is just a matter of time with these folks, they couldn't manage a disaster right if you handed them a foolproof plan.

[npincus]

14. Time's latest poll had * at 35%

down 2 points.

Let's call it a U-turn.

[Norquist Nemesis]

16. Probably. And the stem cell veto threat will help him out too

Pisses me off they'd use that as a political strategy...but they are. It's a win-win for Bush and the Cons, and they are setting up the Democrats once again. :headbang:

If you don't believe me, take a look at WHO it was that announced Bush will veto it.

[bdamomma]

18. I hope not

he's off to Germany now, I am sure the protestors will be there to welcome him.

[Rainscents]

19. Another poll spin... that's all.

[tibbir]

20. Please, say it isn't so....

[Avalux]

21. Must've been his visit to Dunkin' Donuts.

And all the other regular guy stuff he's been doing. :eyes: I swear people are so easily manipulated; there's no good reason for a jump in his poll numbers, NONE.

[Harper_is_Bush]

22. Who gives a fuck?

Your concern in this is not worth your time.

[raysr]

23. Americans FORGET

that's been said by many. They forget what they were mad about, or maybe they got a job, or a raise.

[Julius Civitatus]

24. Americans forget what they had for breakfast

Most Americans have the memory span of a fruit-fly. Must be in the water.

No wonder Republicons can run the same tricks and schemes over and over again, and people always buy it.

[Dinger]

25. Seems Like We've Heard NOTHING on *'s Poll Numbers ... Why?

I was going to post something earlier, but I got sidetracked. Anybody have any ideas why we don't seem to hear anything on this??

[B Calm]

26. Endless war, $3.00 a gallon gas, countless scandals, stolen elections

and the corporate press thinks Bush approval ratings are going up, ha ha ha ha ha.....

[leesa]

27. It's to make the voter theft more plausible this fall. Expect the numbers

to get closer to 50%.

[Davis_X_Machina]

29. Bubbles don't un-pop.

He'll go no higher. There are too many independents and Democrats. All the recent 'recovery' is due to Republicans coming home (As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool to his folly. Proverbs 26:11)

[Clarkie1]

30. Latest Rasmussen Poll shows approval at 44%.

I think it's rising because Democrats don't seem to be saying much...except wasting energy attacking fellow Democrats and obsessing about a CT primary race instead of how to take back the Senate and House.

Just my opinion.