[Reagan Man]

>>>>I think it is perfectly legitimate to question any President's competence. In fact, President Reagan's competence was intensely question in his second term...and he had approval ratings lower than President Bush has.

That is not true. Reagan's second term JA numbers were never as low as Bush's second term JA numbers are today. See for yourself: Job Performance Ratings for President Reagan

 

Date	Organization	Approve	Disapprove	No Opinion	Sample Size	Notes
12/27-29/88	Gallup	63	29	8
11/11-14/88	Gallup	57	35	8
10/21-24/88	Gallup	51	38	11
9/25-10/1/88	Gallup	54	37	9
8/19-22/88	Gallup	53	37	10
7/15-18/88	Gallup	54	36	10
7/1-7/88	Gallup	51	35	14
6/24-27/88	Gallup	48	40	12
6/10-13/88	Gallup	51	39	10
5/13-22/88	Gallup	48	43	9	3021
5/2-8/88	Gallup	50	38	12
4/8-11/88	Gallup	50	39	11
3/8-12/88	Gallup	51	37	12
3/4-7/88	Gallup	50	42	8
1/22-25/88	Gallup	49	40	11	2061
1/8-17/88	Gallup	50	41	9	2109
12/4-7/87	Gallup	49	41	10
10/23-26/87	Gallup	51	41	8
8/24-9/2/87	Gallup	49	42	9
8/7-10/87	Gallup	45	41	14
7/10-13/87	Gallup	49	43	8	1607
6/8-14/87	Gallup	53	40	7
6/5-8/87	Gallup	47	44	9
4/10-13/87	Gallup	48	43	9	1571
3/14-18/87	Gallup	47	44	9
3/6-9/87	Gallup	43	46	11
1/16-19/87	Gallup	49	42	9	1562
12/5-8/86	Gallup	48	43	9
12/4-5/86	Gallup	47	44	9
10/24-27/86	Gallup	63	29	8	1559
9/13-17/86	Gallup	63	26	11
9/12-15/86	Gallup	61	25	14
8/8-11/86	Gallup	61	27	12
7/11-14/86	Gallup	63	28	9	1539
6/9-16/86	Gallup	64	26	10
6/6-9/86	Gallup	61	29	10
5/16-19/86	Gallup	68	23	9	1004
4/11-14/86	Gallup	62	29	10	1552
3/4-10/86	Gallup	63	26	11
1/10-13/86	Gallup	64	27	9	1570
12/6-9/85	Gallup	63	29	8
11/11-18/85	Gallup	65	24	11
11/1-4/85	Gallup	62	28	10
10/11-14/85	Gallup	63	29	8	1540
9/13-16/85	Gallup	60	30	10	1021
8/16-19/85	Gallup	57	32	11
8/13-15/85	Gallup	65	26	9
7/12-15/85	Gallup	63	28	9	1536
6/7-10/85	Gallup	58	32	10
5/17-20/85	Gallup	55	37	8
4/12-15/85	Gallup	52	37	11	1525
3/8-11/85	Gallup	56	37	7	1571
2/15-18/85	Gallup	60	31	9	1557
1/25-28/85	Gallup	64	28	8	1528
1/11-14/85	Gallup

[pollyannaish]

Hmmm. I am pretty sure that Dr. Deb had some polling from other outlets that had lower numbers for President Reagan during Iran Contra especially.

I'm headed in right now, or I would find a link.

You may be right and I really don't feel like arguing about this because frankly, I don't care because it really doesn't' matter. It is what it is. But I will try to find that information eventually and post it when I do.

Thanks for the info.