Posted on 02/27/2006 5:06:03 PM PST by HitmanLV
(CBS) The latest CBS News poll finds President Bush's approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent, while pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a new high.
Americans are also overwhelmingly opposed to the Bush-backed deal giving a Dubai-owned company operational control over six major U.S. ports. Seven in 10 Americans, including 58 percent of Republicans, say they're opposed to the agreement.
CBS News senior White House correspondent Jim Axelrod reports that now it turns out the Coast Guard had concerns about the ports deal, a disclosure that is no doubt troubling to a president who assured Americans there was no security risk from the deal.
The troubling results for the Bush administration come amid reminders about the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina and negative assessments of how the government and the president have handled it for six months.
In a separate poll, two out of three Americans said they do not think President Bush has responded adequately to the needs of Katrina victims. Only 32 percent approve of the way President Bush is responding to those needs, a drop of 12 points from last September’s poll, taken just two weeks after the storm made landfall.
Mr. Bush's overall job rating has fallen to 34 percent, down from 42 percent last month. Fifty-nine percent disapprove of the job the president is doing.
For the first time in this poll, most Americans say the president does not care much about people like themselves. Fifty-one percent now think he doesn't care, compared to 47 percent last fall.
Just 30 percent approve of how Mr. Bush is handling the Iraq war, another all-time low.
By two to one, the poll finds Americans think U.S. efforts to bring stability to Iraq are going badly – the worst assessment yet of progress in Iraq.
Even on fighting terrorism, which has long been a strong suit for Mr. Bush, his ratings dropped lower than ever. Half of Americans say they disapprove of how he's handling the war on terror, while 43 percent approve.
In a bright spot for the administration, most Americans appeared to have heard enough about Vice President Dick Cheney's hunting accident.
More then three in four said it was understandable that the accident had occurred and two-thirds said the media had spent too much time covering the story.
Still, the incident appears to have made the public's already negative view of Cheney a more so. Just 18 percent said they had a favorable view of the vice president, down from 23 percent in January.
Americans were evenly split on whether or not Cheney's explanation of why there was a delay in reporting the accident was satisfactory.
LOL, LOL, LOL
The 42% that agree with it are right here on FR. :-)
Sometimes we let you post for awhile.
Nope; just the opposite is true.
George W. Bush is MY favorite President EVER.... I don't care what the media tells me . I have a brain of my own, and I use it!!!
That's turning around as the truth comes out.
It's low at 43% but not CBS FAKE at 34%.
Okay, that proves it...you're a troll, go back to DU and tell them how you lasted a few days here.
I'm with you, I trust the man completely. I readily admit that it was not always so, but over the years, he has stepped up to the plate over and over again. He is a man of his word, and history will show that.
God Bless George W. Bush!
You keep babbling about Saudi Arabia cutting production because the DPW deal collapsed. Why ? What is it to them ? They don't sell us oil because they love us or want to do us any favors. They do it because they need the money. You have not once shown why the corrupt elites of Saudi Arabia should complicate their relationship with us over Dubai.
A 34% president does not have the political capital to go to war. And American households are carrying record levels of debt. If you genuinely believe that the American people care more about Iran than avoiding bankruptcy (what do you think the effect of another $500 a month bill is going to be for a lot of households) and recession you are delusional. Some 'victory' when you are unemployed, huddled under an electric blanket in the one room with the space heater.
See BS took a poll that has negative results for President Bush??
Well, knock me over with a 2x4.
It's little wonder that CBS stinks,they are a bunch of pollcats.
"If prices remain high during the winter (and they will) people will be found dead in frozen houses and Bush will be blamed."
Spring is three weeks away. I think you'll have to wait until next year for the doom and gloom.
"Banned or Suspended"
Aww, and we hardly knew ya.
IIRC you've said that more than once. The support on FR poll is slipping.
At what point would you find it credible that the President is unpopular?
Is there any poll result that would convince you that the president has a popularity problem?
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