Posted on 06/13/2007 4:03:42 PM PDT by LouAvul
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.
Democratic pollster Jay Campbell, who works with Hart, attributes this decline to Republicans. Back in April, 75 percent of Republicans approved of Bush’s job performance, compared with 21 percent who disapproved. Now, only 62 percent of Republican approve, versus 32 percent who disapprove.
This drop comes as Bush tries to resuscitate the comprehensive immigration reform bill in the U.S. Senate, which has angered many Americans -- particularly conservatives -- because they believe its provisions allowing for a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants amount to “amnesty.” Bush and other supporters of the legislation dispute that charge.
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How low can he go?
Can this be made a news story every day until 20 Jan 2009?
Well....Congress is LOWER, and I heard Crazy Harry’s positives are at 19%.....sooooo....
Talk about stating the obvious. Next they need a story on how the sky is blue.
“Well....Congress is LOWER, and I heard Crazy Harry’s positives are at 19%.....sooooo....”
So our guy stinks bad but they stink even worse?
Not as low as Congress. lol
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.Bush has brought down the whole temple. He destroyed his own presidency, the first pillar; by turning both houses of congress over to the Democrats, he overturned that pillar too.
20 million divided by 301 million.
I was prepared to abandon him when I heard about the amnesty bill, but when I researched the issue more thoroughly, I found that he had already abandoned me.
Yes he has.
“....It seems like a pretty good guess that a large portion of the drop is immigration related....”
d’YA THINK...?
I'd say that's very much more the case. Eventually the dems are going to move on impeachment, and he will need his base more than ever. Too bad for him, much of his base won't be there for him. I know I sure as hell won't. The dems can have him as far as I'm concerned...
About the only thing I hang my hat on for self-justification these days is that Gore and/or Kerry probably would have been even worse.
But yes, I realize that that's a thin reed to stand on. It's sad really.
Sorry for the caps.
Time to start over with a new-”Common Sense” party: We may even peel away some of the “conservative dems” such as blacks and asians (and legal immigrants), working class whites, middle America:
Heck it couldn’t hurt, and would have the benefit of getting rid of the “Stigma-of-the Name REPUBLICAN”!!
All we need is a few Truely Conservative Businessmen to bank-roll the infrastructure; the grass roots is there (or will be when the Republicans Implode in 2008; if the push ahead with Amnest/Rinos like Guiliani, McCain, and Romney).
Just lovely, we at FR are now rah-rahing all the anti-Bush posts that can be found in the MSM.
And...?
yup!
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