Bush down to his base of support

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By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer
9 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - To see the type of person who still backs him, President Bush need only look in the mirror.

The president fits the composite of today's Bush supporter: a conservative, white, Republican man, an evangelical Christian who goes to church regularly.

Hammered by bad news in Iraq, congressional investigations and recent failed domestic initiatives such as immigration reform, Bush's job approval rating has spiraled to record lows for his presidency. Two-thirds of Republicans and about one-third of independents still support him, but virtually no Democrats are left in Bush's camp.

Bush says he leads and is not led by popular opinion. Yet the lower his polls go, the harder it is for him to push his agenda — and bump the polls up when he has good news to impart.

"Maybe he's got it right, but hardly anybody believes him," said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato.

Overall, just one in three Americans approves of the job he is doing, according to a July AP-Ipsos poll. That's a long fall from his 90 percent approval rating after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

"I don't think he likes being in that category, but for better or for worse, he believes he's right and he'll take his judgment with history," said Steve Roberts, a veteran GOP activist. "If he were interested in polls and popularity, he would have moved a lot quicker on Iraq."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070807/ap_on_go_pr_wh/still_behind_bush

[Sapere aude]

1. His supporters are the ones who are living in fear of terrorists and are willing to give up freedoms

for so called security. Then they say the troops sign up to die for our freedoms. Go figure!

[Justyce]

2. It's ironic that the Evangelical Christians

who attend church regularly so strongly support him, as I've always heard he doesn't attend church whereas Clinton and Carter did...

A couple of links talking about it:
http://atheism.about.com/b/a/119939.htm
http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20041011&s=sullivan101104

I think the problem isn't their focus on religion, but their lack of focus on current events... (and of course, I don't think bush could be confused with a "true Christian" no matter how often he attends church -- actions speak louder than words)