Gas prices?
Well, this is just silly. It can't "continue to decline" with every poll. Actually, 37% is a lot higher than some of the polls that have been posted recently.
More good news out of Iraq would be nice.
Or how about putting up some graphs on tv (after 5pm please most of us work) talking up the economy.
well... I guess people can't say now that it is the biased MSM polls. He's definitely free falling. The faster Snow can assume his position the better....
As I've said before, the fact this president gets no credit for the good economy just proves his admin. is terrible in the PR wars.
Have the MSM report news honestly.
I keep wondering why this is relevant. Clinton's poll numbers were in the 60's when he was impeached.
No, not unless he discovers a cure for cancer. The immigration issue is cutting in to his base. He needs to deal with this NOW, and not deal with it through BS amnesty plans and heartfelt chats with Vicente Fox.
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I think the President and his team are all about momentum. He tends to dial in and starts steadily building momentum about 6 months before an election. I believe they have set up the foundation they need, added fresh new players...and things will start to turn around by the end of May.
I am going out on a limb to predict that his approval ratings in November will be very close to the approval ratings he had going into the 2004 election. And that we will pick up seats.
Gas prices that are hurting him right at the moment, and then the perception of Iraq.
I knew that President Bush was in serious trouble when Harry Reid stated that the President deserved a "Pat on the Back" for his support of amnesty for illegal aliens.
What's this supposed to mean:"
"Beginning tomorrow (Sunday), our Job Approval updates will be based upon data using a slight modification to our weighting process. We will adjust our partisan weighting targets once each month based upon survey data collected over the preceding three months. This will maintain the stability needed to follow trends while adjusting periodically for any substantive shifts in partisan affiliation. Recently, we released a summary of our data on partisan shifts over the past couple of years."
One thing that Bill Clinton did (that saved his butt) was that he found a way to get his mug on TV everynight. 99% of it was shameless and phony but he got a lot of Americans to think that he was involved and that he "cared". Ronald Reagan is an even better, more genuine example of somebody who know how to handle the media and he exploited it to the fullest extent - except for the last year or two when he appeared to lose his edge, and then his poll numbers started dropping.
The fact is that Bush has a lot of positive things to talk about and he should be pounding away at them everyday. The economy is roaring, there has been very little terrorism since 9/11 (and none in the USA) and despite what the naysayers say, things are under control in Iraq and getting better.
No. If they call me I give "STRONG DISAPPROVAL" and it's *ALL* about immigration. I believe the Republicans are living in dreamland if they do not think they will get burned by this. I give George Bush a pass on all his other bad moves because of his stand on Global War on Terror but I draw the line at his border and immigration stance which negates much of the former.
Gas is still at $3.00
uh. taxes? invasion of america by mexico? spending? invasion of america by mexico? no child ...? invasion of america by mexico? borders? invasion of america by mexico? marriage? invasion of america by mexico? potholes? invasion of america by mexico? who cares? george bush, and the republican party, is/are a disgrace.
only a real conservative could turn this around, and GW isn't a real conservative.
The moral of the story is that the MSM still has teeth, and we announce its "death" at our risk.
The MSM has been wildly successful in turning every single bad thing that happens--up to and including the weather-- into a referendum on the Bush presidency that Bush can't possibly win.
Immigration. Gas Prices. Deficit spending. Iraq war. Enough to go around and p*ss off everybody.
That doesn't necessarily translate to Democratic victories in the fall. Are YOU going to vote Democratic because you're mad about deficit spending?