w's lowest numbers ever, "the country is grumpy", nbc poll.

[Philosoraptor]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19209733/

Just not quite grumpy enough though.
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WASHINGTON - As President Bush attempts to revive the controversial immigration reform bill he supports, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that Republicans are abandoning the president, which has dropped his job-approval rating below 30 percent -- his lowest mark ever in the survey.

But he isn’t the only one whose support is on the decline in the poll. Congress’ approval rating has plummeted eight points, bringing it below even Bush’s. And just one in five believe the country is on the right track, which is the lowest number on this question in nearly 15 years.

Republican pollster Neil Newhouse, who conducted the survey with Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, argues that these numbers have crossed below the political “Mendoza line,” referring to the feeble .200 batting-average mark in baseball. “With the mood of the country dropping below 20, and the president’s approval below 30, both are candidates for a sort of political Mendoza line,” he says.

In the poll, Bush’s approval rating is at just 29 percent. It’s a drop of six points since April, and it represents his lowest mark ever on this question in the NBC/Journal poll.

[krispos42]

1. Ha ha!

[radfringe]

2. if he drops just 2 points a month over the next 19 months

he'll be in minus territory... not that he gives a crap

[Philosoraptor]

5. These numbers are indicators of a much deeper unrest.

Polls are like the winds, and their accuracy is dubious, I think the disapproval numbers are way higher. I'd say his mythical 25%ers are really more like 10%ers.

[radfringe]

11. congress's numbers aren't much better

I'm smelling a big surge of "THROW 'EM ALL OUT" for '08

[Philosoraptor]

13. A Congress of Whores.

They'll reap what they sew.

[cooolandrew]

30. Couldn't we just say sell outs, always seems such an extreme expression the 'w' word.

[AndyA]

17. And that's the kind of "surge" we really need!

Congress has wasted all its support by not doing what it was elected to do. End the war and put a stop to this nonsense Bush/Cheney have been pulling.

Failing to do that, Congress will be viewed as a co-conspirator in the crimes of Bushco.

Foolish Nancy and Harry, they are going to bring down all the Dems in 2008 if they keep it up. The GOP is already done.

[DrDan]

3. grumpy on the road to being mad as hell

[RC]

4. How long has bu$h's approval rating been at 30%?

For quite some time. Now it is so bad they can't justify propping it up at 30 anymore.

What will it take to get those criminals out of there?

[Philosoraptor]

6. Since way before Katrina.

And after nine eleven of course they were astronomical, in the high nineties.

Oh how the mighty stupid have fallen.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

7. And Congress' numbers are even lower. That's because the Democrats fell for the GOP meme

"supporting the troops". Americans want the hell out and IMHO don't give a shit about supporting the troops. I bet their approval would be extraordinarily high if they didn't cave into funding.

[n2doc]

27. IMHO they DO Care, and the KNOW the best way to care is to get them out

The American Public is smarter than the beltway Punditocracy and the majority of our elected representatives. Which ain't sayin' much.

[maine_raptor]

8. And getting more so by the day.

By Labor Day, I do believe America will be down right cantankerous.

[Philosoraptor]

10. & ever so slowly drifting toward pissed.

[CJCRANE]

9. DISapprove = 66% n/t

[Breeze54]

12. lmfao!!! Bush’s approval rating is at just 29 percent!!

Bush’s approval rating is at just 29 percent!!

[Demeter]

14. Grumpy? How About Infuriated!

I'll give you grumpy.....x( :mad: :argh: :spank: :nuke: :grr: :banghead: :rant:

[Philosoraptor]

15. We're Grumpy, w is Dopey, cheney is Happy & condi is Snow White.

[w8liftinglady]

19. hehe...good one

[Vinca]

16. Grumpy?? GRUMPY????? I'd say that was an understatement. nt

[w8liftinglady]

18. the nation is "Grumpy" on paper-...but...

Most people I know don't actually DO anything...most people I know don't even take time to educate themselves on the facts behind this evil administration...

[EstimatedProphet]

20. Grumpy? Yeah, that's what it is.

It's not really about how we were taken to war for no reason, or how our rights are being discarded. It's not about how America's moral image has gone from knight in shining armor to torturer. It's not even about how Americans look at our future with despair.

We're just grumpy. Give us 5 more minutes to sleep, and we'll be over it.

[KharmaTrain]

21. This Means Zero To Boooshie & The Corporate Media Loves It

The worst fear of a news director at a cable outlet was for this year to be a boring year before a major election. Thus, they've created an expanded primary season that resembles third grade class president election and I suspect their antics will get even worse. They've taken the political process and made it into a Reality show.

boooooshie doesn't care about polls or popularity....he's just riding this puppy out and letting his henchmen finish their jobs of fleecing the government and constitution. Credibility and popularity mean nothing to boooshie as he's not running again and he could care less who cleans up the mess after he's gone. All he is trying to do is keep the getaway routes clean and create the smog that enables all the corruption to continue.

The last poll booooshie cared about was in Nov., 2004...since then he's been in his own Private Idaho...and the country be damned.

[CanonRay]

22. Grumpy. No shit, Sherlock. Gee, I wonder why?

[Lars39]

23. Grumpy?

We're tired, hungry and dying.

[nancyr]

24. Sick of it all

I loathe them all: Republicans and Democrats. If they're politicians they're equally culpable. I wish they'd just all crawl back under their respective rocks and leave us all alone.

[lonestarnot]

25. grumpy's ass! I'm enraged.

[Philosoraptor]

26. It's like saying the folks on the Titanic were apprehensive when it sank.

[Philosoraptor]

28. ............

[TahitiNut]

29. NBC/WSJ at 29% ... Quinnipiac at 28% !

Latest polls included:

date app(chg)

NBC/WSJ 6/11 29(-6)
Quinnipiac 6/11 28(-7)
Fox 6/06 34(--)
AP/Ipsos 6/06 32(-3)
Gallup 6/03 32(-1)
Pew 6/03 29(-6)
ABC/WaPo 6/01 35(--)
CBS 5/26 30(-2)
ARG 5/21 31(-2)


Every poll (except ABC & Faux, of course) shows a DROP in approval. They're all still 25 points too high, imho.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

31. Grumpy?? Kinda like saying those folks who stormed the Bastille were irritable.