That Laura sure is a lovely lady.
The following is all you need to know about the President's 'ratings':
PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH IS PERSONALLY POPULAR!. . . The new LATimes/Bloomberg poll puts the President's 'PERSONAL APPROVAL' rating at 61% as compared to Clinton's highest Personal Approval rating of 42% for this same poll!!
The recent Battleground Poll discovered the same 'Personal Approval' rating for the President and identified this rating as the greatest hope for Republicans moving forward to the 2006 election. [NOTE: According to the Battleground Poll, Clinton's 'Personal Approval' ratings never climbed above 40%!]
Bottomline: The MAJORITY of people in this country LIKE President George W Bush and will listen to his message IF and when they actually 'hear' it. Unfortunately, the MSM (right and left) is working overtime to 'black out' and 'counter spin' the President, making it VERY difficult for him to communicate directly with the American people.
Despite these difficulties, the President still manages to maintain a 45% 'adult'/48% 'likely voters' JA rating -- exactly where Rasmussen put his numbers immediately before he became the first president since 1988 to earn over 50% of the vote -- garnering more votes than any other presidential candidate in history!
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm
REMEMBER: THE NEXT TIME SOMEONE MENTIONS "THE POLLS" JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT'S 'POPULARITY' RATING IS IN THE 60s! . . . The other ratings have more to do with the perceptions of the economy/gas prices/the war than the President!