“Bush’s approval is low because he’s abandoned so many Republican positions which his once-supporters believe strongly about, that a significant portion of what (should) be his strong base, have given up on him entirely.”
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REALLY . . . I guess that’s why Rasmussen puts the President’s JA rating among Republicans at approximately 80%.
[The reason NewsWEAK pollsters were able to drive the President’s JA rating into the 20s: Republicans constituted a mere 22% of their polling sample vs 35% for Democrats — a 13 point differential . . . Additionally, NewsWeak failed to screen their ‘unaffiliateds’ for Republican/Democrat leaners — without such a screen, one can assume that ‘unaffiliateds’ actually included an OVERSAMPLE of Democrats/Democrat-leaners.]
What would have been impressive, is to read that:
“Bush popularity at an all-time low; Newsweek popularity at an all-time high.”
Instead, what is implied is the desperation of Newsweek to exploit any sensationalism they can to retain their ragtag, dwindling, dysfunctional readership.