Can U Believe How USA Today Tries To Spin Bush Poll #s:

[EV_Ares]

Bush approval hits 'rough stability': 34%

By Susan Page, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Americans by nearly 2-1 disapprove of the job President Bush is doing, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. He scores a net disapproval rating in every area of the survey, including the economy and terrorism.
His lowest ratings — 30% approval, 67% disapproval — were for his handling of the situation in Iraq.

The telephone survey of 1,010 adults, taken Friday through Sunday, shows Bush's overall standing continuing in the doldrums, at 34% approval, 63% disapproval. The poll's margin of error is +/—3 percentage points.

However, Bush hasn't dropped to his lowest ratings ever, as he did in a Newsweek Poll released over the weekend. That survey, taken Wednesday and Thursday, put his approval rating at 28%.

Bush hit his previous nadir in the Gallup Poll precisely a year ago, at 31% in a survey taken May 5-7, 2006.

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Frank Newport, editor-in-chief of the Gallup Poll, cautioned against comparing one firm's survey to another, noting that Newsweek's polls generally have pegged Bush's job approval lower than other organizations.

"The bottom line is that the evidence for a new decline in approval remains quite mixed," says Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who tracks presidential approval. He says Bush seems to have hit "rough stability" since Election Day in November, when Democrats gained control of the House and Senate.

That political misfortune has helped hold up Bush's approval rating, Franklin suggests.

"When he had a Republican Congress, it was really hard to figure out who to blame for bad things in government other than Republicans," he says. With a Democratic Congress, "he actually has an opponent now that he can work against. It's probably not enough to restore substantial approval ratings, but it does look like over the last five months it's stabilized his otherwise-sinking approval ratings."

In the most recent survey, Bush had an approval rating of 47% for handling terrorism, 39% on the economy and 35% on foreign affairs.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-05-07-bush-poll_N.htm

[maddezmom]

1. maddezmom's spin

he consistantly sucks :evilgrin:

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. I agree with maddezmom....n/t

[Gman]

3. That spin is very creative

It's a new one I've never heard.

The real story is that there are 30-35% (maybe as low as 25-35%) of people that are just plain stupid enough to think Bush does no wrong. They're like the woman on C-Span WJ this a.m. that said it was a sin to vote for Giulliani or McCain because they are for killing babies. This is where Bush's support is coming from.

[CoffeeCat]

4. Bush says he seems to have hit...

"rough stability", as if this is something to crow about.

In other words, Junior is in the toilet and Americans keep flushing and flushing--
but somehow this moron has figured out a way to cling to the bowl and ride the
waves of hatred.

It's time to let go, George! The ability to steadily endure the white-hot disdain of the
American people, is nothing to be proud of.

Ya moron.

[KharmaTrain]

5. Translation: Rough Stability = Wingnuts

I think we're all but down to the level of those who will pay to see booooosh eat a baby on live TV. These are the same types who believe the earth was created in 7 days by an invisible cloud being, believe we're "winning" in Iraq and it was connected to 9/11 and Rushbo speaks the truth. These people are not only beyond repemption but contempt as well. Hopefully they will continue to deny realities and marginalize themselves.

For years we kept hearing how a "real conservative" would fix all the evils of our country and society...now we know! They were able to fool enough people to steal elections and push popularity polls that led to the mess we're in now. While 25-30% may deny reality, I don't see the other 70% standing down anytime soon...and if anything, we're getting stronger, bolder and ready to kick some real ass.

[roamer65]

6. Gannett is RW. USA Today has always had a RW slant.

[EV_Ares]

7. U are correct, look at how they reported the election in France

yesterday. They did go back in and change it after several comments were made at USA Today.

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France's voter turnout early Sunday was on track to be the highest in decades, according to the Interior Ministry.
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NOTE, look at this writers first line: Can someone tell me what the first line in this writers post means where he says "defeated Socialist I don't like Segolene Royal".......................

Talk about bias.
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PARIS — Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy defeated Socialist I don't like Ségolène Royal in Sunday's presidential election crucial to the direction that an economically ailing France will take for the next five years.
The agencies said the conservative won 53% of the vote compared to 47 for Royal amid massive turnout of 85%. The projections were based on vote counts from representative samples of hundreds of polling stations across the country.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=833435&mesg_id=833435

[EstimatedProphet]

8. But you know of course, Bush is a relatively popular president.