Bush faces decline in approval ratings

[lowreed]

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0330/p01s03-uspo.htm

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"Members of the president's own party get very nervous, because they know the history and they worry that they're tying their ship to an unsteady anchor," says Darrell West, a Brown University political scientist. "And of course, the opposition party is gunning for the next midterm elections, too, so they're generally not in a mood to cooperate."
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[grannylib]

1. "Unsteady anchor." That's good. That's real good. They don't want

to 'change horses in midstream' but they'll go with an 'unsteady anchor?'
Golly, maybe we'll get lucky and they'll throw him overboard.
And Cheney the Dick, too.
And CondiSleaza (I'm sure she'd want to be with her husb...)
And Rummy.
And Wolfie.
And the Poodle Press.

[Whoa_Nelly]

7. ...and speaking of Rummy...

where the hell is he these days?

[DBoon]

17. "Don't drown with your horse mid-stream"

eom

[Leilani]

2. Good news & bad news

Good news: Bush sinking
Good news: Repubs in Congress sinking
Bad news: Dems sink lowest of all

[isit2008yet]

3. The rest of the Nation is coming over to our way of thinking...

he never had an approval rating here at the DU...what a glorious day this has been!:woohoo:

[KaliTracy]

4. some mandate -- he's been ebbing and flowing since the election...

From just after the election (2-3 weeks after)....




to OP's posted article...
"Several major polls have shown Bush's job approval declining into the mid-40s, a drop of 5 to 7 points in just a week - in some cases, at or near an all-time low for his presidency. The latest Gallup Poll also shows the highest public pessimism over the economy in two years, with 33 percent saying it is getting better and 59 percent saying it is getting worse."

[UpInArms]

5. I can't help but think that

maybe some of the sheeple are waking up - and as some other DUer said - people tend to wake all the way up.

There's his brief intervention into the Terri Schiavo case, which a majority of Americans fault. There's his inability thus far to make serious headway on Social Security reform, his top second-term priority. And there's the economy, starting with rising gas and fuel prices and worries over inflation.

and gosh! we didn't even get a reading on the continuing quagmires of Iraq and Afghanistan.

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. Stocks are down, gas is up, "staying the course" in Iraq,

half assed outsourced low wage job market, price of a college education out of control. No wonder.

None of this is any surprise to anyone who lived through the unpleasantness bush-1 in the 90's, bush-2 has had the advantage of the 9/11 scare to distract the common folks from the true futility of the present situation.

[Dancing_Dave]

9. And what people don't know about 9/11

Hurts the people and helps Bush and Cheney. Had Democrats insisted on 9/11 truth all along, Bush and Cheney wouldn't be in office, they'd be in jail.

[BlueIris]

14. I'm still holding out hope for that jail sentence. n/t

[Melodybe]

20. The very thought of Bushco in jail, makes me work harder!

We will see that day, eventually.

[natrat]

23. that would be sweet- W with a new daddy

[Laurab]

8. I must have missed the "successes"

"of his new secretary of state". Does anyone know what they were? And why Condo would have approval ratings in the 60% range ? All I heard about were her warnings to every country she visited.

[Journeyman]

19. I heard she had great success . . .

wearing stilleto-healed boots and a short trench coat. Quite the fashion maven (it's what I look for first in a Secretary of State).

[lovuian]

10. I would say the #1 Republican pissed off point is Gas Prices!!!

They Know they have been had!!!

[marions ghost]

22. yes gas prices are an issue, especially

for Republicans who must actually think about where their dollars are going. They thought the Bushies would protect oil prices. I'm sure they're feeling more than a little burned on that.

The rich Republicans will just say "let them eat cake," as usual.

[Carolab]

11. But he's a funny little imp, haven't you heard? n/t

[reprobate]

12. Reminds me of Nero more than anyone else. He was a funny imp too.

And boy that cat could play a fiddle. (Actually I heard it was a lute)

[Davis_X_Machina]

13. Oh dear....

....this usually means that some brown people who worship the wrong God and live far away are going to get themselves killed.

Remember, before 9/11:

Junta Boy's ratings were in the toilet, and
They had already decided to 'do Iraq'.

Which poor Moslem bastards cop it this time?

[BlueIris]

16. Yup. I continued to be both thrilled

and terrified by these numbers.

[NVMojo]

15. Good, he shepherded in an era of whackjobs dominating national

policy. Bastard!

[ninkasi]

18. The low approval for the Democratic members of Congress

Could very well be coming from people like some of us here on DU, who feel that we have been sold out by our elected representatives to corporate interests, to not standing up to the Republicans, and for trying to win based on giving a few adjustments to things we normally wouldn't approve of, but are afraid of opposing.

Of course we are. So are the Repukes,but the difference is that they brazen their way around, and some of our reps are seen as cringing in the corners, afraid to confront them, afraid to upset anybody, and afraid to fight for our progressive beliefs.

From what I read here, we get very enthusiastic about the ones who stand up and oppose the * machine, like Barbara Boxer. People want leaders who lead, not so men and women who get into politics for the lucrative connections and generous lifetime pensions. Politicians only care about being elected; they need to pay attention to what we care about, and fight for it, before the Democratic approval ratings go up.

[natrat]

24. yea all it takes is one vote ala harold ford and the bankruptcy bill

to realize some of these guys are scum

[DeepModem Mom]

21. kick