He's starting to remind me of his father, sorry to say.
Immigration and border control is potentially an incredible win-win issue for him. Whomever is advising Bush on this is doing a poor job.
Oh yea, and economy's TANKING. We're DOOOMED. /sarc
I mean, how *thick* one would have to be to believe that the economy is in trouble !? Helloooo ? Anyone see Dow go up almost 300pts this week ? In spite of high oil prices ? Hellooo ?
But yea. Close the border and see 20pts bounce, easy.
So federal revenues are up 15% one year and 10% the next,
unemployment is at 4.7% and that equals doom and gloom?
When has perception ever trumpted reality.
Dang... if a Fox poll has him at 33%, he's in REALLY bad shape.
How on earth he can be rated so poorly on the economy is just beyond me... His PR staff is completely inept.
Not only that but what does Rummy have to do with the economy? W hasn't been listening to his constituents for a while now.
Not a problem. Change a couple of staffers and he will be back to full popularity in no time! (/sarcasm)
Who are these numbskulls???
It's the economy, stupid. (so they say)
There is a direct correlation between Bush's poll numbers and the price of gasoline (Which should be 3.70 if it was 1.85 at 35.00/barrel it should be double, shouldn't it?)
On a Fox Poll? That low?
That's a heck of a lot of people that voted for this man, that are very angry at him.
And nobody had better make a dumb comment like "He's not up for reelection again."
His popularity will have a direct effect on the mid term elections and what he is likely to accomplish.
Bush needs to learn from the Clinton PR model...plain and simple. If he pushed the good economy news that is really going on as much as he pushes the war on terror news the polls would be in the low 40s and not the low 40s. People also react to their pockets as far as gas, grocery, and insurance prices go...and those are through the roof.
The first sentence is not supported by the rest of the paragraph. "Fair" is neither positive or negative. The actual breakdown, from the above numbers, is 28% "positive", 30% "negative", and 42% mostly neutral.
Elsewhere, the article notes that only 17% of the 57% who disapprove of him (i.e., 9.7% of the overall sample) cite the economy as the reason for their disapproval.
And Fox is alleged to be a conservative news outlet?
I have met the enemy, and he is us. Well, not me, but certainly the one-issue Republicans who whine, threaten, and sulk if the President doesn't do or say exactly what they want on a particular issue. These sorts will lose the next election for the GOP.
"In addition, views on the economy are glum; most Americans rate the current economy negatively, and twice as many say it feels like the economy is getting worse rather than better."
I am dead serious when I say there should be a testing process before being allowed to vote. If people actually think this economy is gloomy, they have no business casting ballots. This is where the democratic process is flawed. Even retarded morons have a say.
FOX is being taken over by the Left.
Let gas get to $3/gal. all over the country and he'll be lucky to get 25% approval rating. The gas prices hit everyone, and that and immigration have cut Pres. Bush off at the knees. I can't believe that Rove hasn't caught on to what is happening to the vanishing Republican base.