President Bush Job Approval: Rasmussen 36% (All-Time Low for Ras)

Rasmussen Reports ^ | 5/18/2006 | Rasmussen Reports

[Ikemeister]

"Team Bush need to do their polling south of the border where his numbers are probably sky high."


Not really. The Mexicans hate him too. When you try to please everyone, you end up with nothing but contempt.

[staytrue]

Another Democrat doing well is Ted Strickland. He maintains a double digit lead in his effort to become the first Democratic Governor of Ohio in 16 years.

Also in Ohio. Congressman Sherrod Brown (D) leads incumbent Senator Mike DeWine (R) by three percentage points.

No way in hell is this right. De wine is probably up by 3 and blackwell is down 1 or 2.

[HitmanLV]

Yep. He has nobody to blame but himself and his strange maneuvers in the last year. Increasingky, it appears the popular liberal depiction of Dubya as arrogant, unduly secretive, and at times dimwitted has some accuracy. :-)

[jwalsh07]

It comes through loud and clear that when President Bush speaks compassionately of those illegals seeking a better way of life it comes from the heart. It is equally evident that when he speaks of border security his heart is not in it. His problem is that the vast majority of America wants it exactly reversed.

He's stuck and there really is no recovering. My hope is that he doesn't let it affect the war with the islamofascists and while at one time I would scoff at such a notion, I no longer do.

[steel_resolve]

No I want a massive effort to punish as many as possible, starting with the high profile ones and trickling down to the smaller ones. Then it could work. No one complains about the cost of punishing businesses and citizens for cheating on their tax returns, why the beef with the logistics in this case?

[Junior_G]

Team Bush need to do their polling south of the border where his numbers are probably sky high.

LOL...no kidding.

[italianquaker]

one good out of bad will be pombo losing his chair

[blaquebyrd]

The administration hasn't even claimed that all 6 million were caught on the border, how can you? As to the claim that many were here before 2001, it can also be said that many came after. But hell I'd even settle for stopping them all at the border but our president doesn't even want that. At least not until we have a guest worker program. That's what has conservatives like Michelle Malkin, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, G. Gordon Liddy, Ann Coulter and Peggy Noonan all coming out squarely against the president on this issue. So when the Bots call conservatives patriots whiners I say we're in good company.

[AntiGuv]

What Bush & Co. don't seem to understand is that you can't work to build support in the mushy middle, and much less from your sworn, eternal enemies, unless you have a firm hold on your base. They used to have a really good sense of that, but for some inexplicable reason they've flushed it all over this amnesty obsession. Meanwhile, they cannot restore the support of the conservative base when they're more focused on appeasing the sworn, eternal enemies on the Teddy Kennedy left.

[Kuksool]

George Ryan, the convicted Republican Governor of IL, had approval ratings in the 20%-25%. Ryan's dismal ratings were due to criminal activity.

It is really bad when a relatviely scandal free politican is trending toward the same approval ratings as a criminal.

[jwalsh07]

I'm glad FR is beginning to realize that it is possible that public opinion can indeed shift against the GOP.

You joking? Anybody living in America over the age of 30 should be well aware that republicans were backbenchers for the 50 years preceding 1994.

[Junior_G]

No one complains about the cost of punishing businesses and citizens for cheating on their tax returns, why the beef with the logistics in this case?

Those businesses are pretty much the only force supporting the amnesty plan, and they have clout.

[concerned about politics]

That is the same when you suggest that punishing few employers will cause the remaining employers to abide by the law and hence the 12 millions illegal immigrants will leave on their own.

End their free handouts. Stop any tax payer paid social program for illegals. In Mexico, at least they'd be able to work and eat.
Then, they can come back the right way.

In order to change an undesirable behavior, the punishment has to be immediate and severe enough to equal the crime.

[jveritas]

The majority of illegal immigrants are hired by small businesses like gas station, restaurants, small construction firms etc... I am sure you have seen some illegal immigrants working in your area so do what you are advocating and report them as well as those who hire them, it is that simple isn't?

[tomahawk]

If he would take the rudder and govern as a conservative, he can turn this around.

[steel_resolve]

yep. got a problem with that?

[HitmanLV]

No I am not joking. I have enjoyed so many posts that insists the polls are wildly off and that Dubya has broad public support. Whatever their age, too many Freepers have a hard time accepting that the american public can reject the GOP.

[jwalsh07]

No he can't. President Bush's biggest problem is President Bush. He will stick to his principle on compassionate treatment of illegals and it will sink him. His Achilles Heel so to speak is his compassion, it overrides the oath he took. And that's where he loses me sad to say.

[CitizenJ]

No. They will end up on the streets unemployed and angry. How do you propose to round them all up? Trucks? Railways? Buses? And, what kind of military presence will we need to have on our streets to stop the violence? How many Freepers know of employers who are hiring illegals? How many have called their local public safety folks? Besides ranting on this web site what are you doing to solve the problem?

[Cobra64]

Will he be so scared that he will order the deportation of the 12 million illegals who are here? He will not do it because it is impossible to deport 12 millions of them.

Anything is possible if we have the will.