[goodnesswins]

He's probably just adjusting them so in November he can say he was RIGHT.

[RobFromGa]

Translation: we need to keep the numbers going lower and lower, so we're going to invent a new poll to show that the number of people that identify themselves as liberal Democrats is rising, therefore we need to include more of them on every one of our push-polls.

[11th Commandment]

I agree with you that polls tend to weight more DemocRATic and so called "independents" (which are commies and socialist). However, the recent drop in Republican support has been a result of Bush not controlling the boarder. It just shows you republicans do not blindly support Bush, he has to earn it!

[pollyannaish]

Actually, although I am a huge supporter of President Bush, I do believe his poll numbers are much lower than we'd like. It just shows that we have work to do, not that Rasmussen is a charlatan.

And welcome to FR, btw.

[SteveMcKing]

Any comment, "waterloofan"?

[ARCADIA]

You guys are in denial. I am one of those who believe the only polls that matter are in November, but this President has made alot of misstakes. Is he at 37%, 33% or 40%? Who cares; the thing to take away from this is that all of the polls, and plenty of anadotal info, shows a break between this President and GOP conservatives.

[Uncle Hal]

One problem with Bush is that he is alienating his base in many ways. I realize no president can satisfy every one in his party, It seems that Bush has taken it to level seldom seen. The illegal issue is really irritating the base. I hear it from virtually every Republican I talk to.

[zarf]

Obviously Bushie is not being Clintonian enough.

A little narcissism goes a long way.

[mrsmith]

The per cent of people who self identify as Republican, Dem or Independent changes. He's just keeping his weighting of party "self identification" by the pollees correct.

He's been the most correct in his weighting. That's why we like him.

[combat_boots]

He is also a putz.

[Past Your Eyes]

And here I was on the other thread being upbraided for calling dear Mr. Rasmussen a "douche bag" even though I didn't. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1623799/posts
Is the whole country addicted to these frickin useless polls? Is FR also addicted to them? I sure as hell wish the Right would leave this idiotic navel gazing to the idiotic Left.

[droid01]

Obviously Rasmussen is heavily influenced by the MSM media's sham polls and he has decided to adjust that 'special sauce' to catch up.

I've noticed this too. It's nothing new for him though, a while back he switched from registered voters to adults to keep up with the MSM 'polls'. And I wouldn't be surprised if we picked up MN and Florida (assuming someone besides Harris runs).

[Cautor]

I'm surprised Bush is still this strong in the polls. This conservative, former Republican, would give him thumbs down if a pollster called me. Amnesty for illegals is killing Bush and the Republicans.

[FlingWingFlyer]

When you start "adjusting" these so-called "polls," they no longer are really unbiased and fair polls. They are "adjusted" polls that needed to be tweaked to produce the results the pollster desired.

[COEXERJ145]

I think I smell ozone.

[BfloGuy]

I can't speak to Rasmussen's methodology but his polls have consistently shown more pro-Bush sentiment than the others.

If his numbers are this low -- and continue to stay this low -- they might indicate a real problem.

[Cicero]

On the whole, I like Bush, but he has done an almost unremittingly lousy job ever since he was reelected. Just about the ONLY thing he has done right was to put Roberts and Alito on the Supreme Court.

Otherwise, it has been one mistake after another, and a complete breakdown in communicating with the voters. This was not inevitable. He had a lot of momentum after the November elections, and he just plain blew it.

[GoMonster]

His polls are right. Bad news is Bush is in mid thirties approval. Good news is Democrats are low thirties.

[pgkdan]

Don't kill the messenger. I'd say these numbers a pretty accurate. I don't know anybody, off Free Republic, who's real happy with the Pesident right now, and ALL my friends are conservatives. Look at whats going on. The country is under invasion from Mexico and Bush is ignoring the issue gas is at $3.00 a gallon and things are looking a little scary with Iran. And the more Bush wobbles with the base the more the media fans the fires of discontent.

All in all Bush is a good and decent man and he's been a pretty damn good president...no matter what the current mood of the country. If he were to get behind a strong border enforcement bill and stop talking about amnesty for these damned illegals alot of his approval problems would go away in a hurry. But either way...W's not on the ballot in November and the GOP is not NEARLY as vulnerable as the MSM would like to make us think. I say ignore the polls and enjoy the summer.

[Waco]

chaRlATan that is.