it was conservatives turning on big spending, big government, pussy footing around in Iraq and getting our soldies kiled Bush that drove his numbers down to the 30’s
The surge was already working by the time Bush's approval numbers were in the 30's. There was no "pussy footing" going on by the time the leftist media managed to drive his poll numbers down to where they wanted them to be by 100% negativity. The reality of what was happening in Iraq had nothing to do with the 2008 numbers.
(And since the polls are always skewed to the left, they weren't accurate numbers anyway).