[dc-zoo]

Oil price hits a new high and Bush approval hits a new low.

[Lucky9teen]

Oil price hits a new high and Bush approval hits a new low.

Or...Illegals in America hits a new high and Bush approval hits a new low.

Both issues are working against him...or is it the other way around?

[Barney Gumble]

Oil price hits a new high and Bush approval hits a new low.

That's the Hush Limbaugh defense for the administration. He wants to distract conservatives listeners from the real reason his poll numbers are low. Hush knows most listeners realize that the President doesn't control over gas prices (but he could repeal a gas tax or two).

The numbers are really low because of his amnesty plan which comes on the heals of pork spending, Harriet Miers, and Dubai Ports.

[RobbyS]

Given that this is caused by a gasoline shortage, the price will begin to drop by the end of summer and so will his poll numbers. Going for Bush is that he hasn't lost his nerve, which is what happened to Johnson, Nixon and Carter. Bill Clinton, to give him his due, didn't cave either.