Posted on 05/12/2006 11:52:13 AM PDT by Icelander
The poll, conducted by the Wall Street Journal, is the latest to indicate a slump in public support for the US leader as his Republican party heads into the campaign for mid-term elections in November.
In the poll, released in the newspaper's online edition, Bush has lost six percentage points in a month.
Iraq remains the main concern. Twenty-eight percent of Americans say it is one of the two most important topics, up from 23 percent in April, followed by IMMIGRATION (16 percent) and the price of petrol (gasoline) (14 percent).
Only 24 percent of the 1,003 people asked between May 3-8 said they believed the United States was "heading in the right direction". According to the Journal, 69 percent said "things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track".
Bush is closing in on the unpopularity level of President Richard Nixon (24 percent) at the moment of his resignation in 1974 over the Watergate scandal.
Wait till he signs the open border and complete amnesty bill!
I agree. And it's not a matter of "hate Bush" or "Love Bush" it's a matter of political reality.
You are right....This administration has done a poor job of "framing the debate"!
To hear them talk, you'd think it was the party elites who put Reagan in office. Who were the impetus behind the Contract for America that resulted in the Class of '94. Who started the petitions that got Gray Davis tossed out on his ear. Who stormed the offices where the recounts were ongoing during the election of 2000, fer cryin out loud.
They always seem to be on hand to cash in the the base's sweat equity though.
Given all that you'd think they'd have the good grace to accept responsiblity for their own f*** ups. But no, they blame - guess who?
That's what pisses me off about Pres Bush, the reticence to FIGHT BACK against the scurrilous charges. WTF was he thinking?
No, the French usually direct their fire, ineffectual though it may be, at their enemies.
Something about rather having John Dean in front of me than John McCain behind me?
"Iraq remains the main concern."
No, it is not. Immigration is THE MAIN PROBLEM for GW and the Repubs. They either get this right, or they will cease to be a viable party and conservatives will be looking for a new home.
I totally agree,you'd think he would have learned his lesson by now.
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