Harris Poll: Bush at 34%

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http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115325521785410209-X9dHhMaGYHzBb9WrzTXaQw7wVYE_20070720.html?mod=rss_free


President Bush's job-approval ratings have changed little from June, according to a recent Harris Interactive poll.

Of 1,002 U.S. adults surveyed in a telephone poll, 34% said Mr. Bush is doing an "excellent or pretty good" job as president, up a tick from 33% in June. By comparison, 65% of Americans said Mr. Bush is doing an "only fair or poor" job, down from 67% last month.

With midterm elections less than four months away, the poll also asked respondents whether they would choose a Democratic or Republican candidate "if the election for Congress were held today." Forty-four percent of those surveyed said they would vote for the Democratic candidate, up from 41% in April, while 31% said they would vote for the Republican candidate, down from 37% in April.

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[Cooley Hurd]

1. Okay... roughly one-in-three of Americans are in comas...

...I'm not feeling safe out there on the interstates, that's for sure. :scared:

[GrantDem]

2. Up a point huh???

I'm sure the talking heads tomorrow morning will be touting this as a "comeback". Moreover they'll totally ignore the last part...

[ladjf]

8. They will refer to the one point as a "bounce".

[rubberducky]

3. Bet the 34% are "ditto-heads"

[demosincebirth]

4. I hope the hell its right!

I can't take the thought of another two years of a rubber stamp and "do nothing congress."

[WePurrsevere]

5. Considering the margin of error these usually have it sounds like it could

just as easily be the same or down a "tick". It just goes to prove that there's still a whole lot of "backwash" out there.

At least the other part of the poll looks like there's a bit of hope for decent change come this November. B-)

[Nikki Stone 1]

6. 5 or 6% got scared when Israel started bombing

Fear moves poll numbers, especially for our "war president"

[saltpoint]

7. I hope Ken Mehlman has one of those tranquility fountains in his

office.

I think he's going to need to do a lot of calming down between now and November 8th.