Poll suggests Bush’s free-fall appears to be over (39% @ NBC/WSJ Poll)

[sabra]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10469950/

Poll suggests Bush’s free-fall appears to be over
But majority still down on his performance, NBC-Wall St. Journal poll finds

Since his second inauguration in January, President Bush has seen a steady decline in his overall job performance, the economy, and Iraq. But the free-fall appears to be over, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

For the first time in months, Bush’s job approval has increased, albeit by one point. In addition, as elections take place Thursday in Iraq, Americans are more confident about success there than they were a month ago. And an overwhelming majority backs Bush’s stance that the United States should not immediately withdraw all of its troops from Iraq.

That’s the good news for the administration. The bad news is that strong majorities still disapprove of Bush and his handling of key issues. “Clearly, the president is better off,” said Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted this survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff. “He’s not really in good health, but he is no longer hemorrhaging.”

McInturff compares Bush’s standing to someone who has been sliding down a mountain, but who finally gained a foothold to stop the fall. And he says that alone is a positive development for the president. “You can’t get better until you stop the bad numbers,” McInturff said.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. 2 out of three don't believe you, trust you or like your policies.

And this is GOOD NEWS?

[Ben Ceremos]

16. This is bunk...

They trot out higher poll numbers to make the sheeple think that he is actually accepted by portions of the electorate that actually don't support him. His numbers go up because of statistical manipulation and nothing else. The world hates the usurper and I agree with the world, not his bogus poll numbers. Get over the enfatuation with numbers already, he is a loser and will remain such. George W. Bush has trashed your reputation AMERICA, you look foolish if you buy into this latest lie that he is "popular"... he such an asshole.

[hatrack]

2. But I thought he had just "rebounded" to 43% a few days back

Guess that poll has been "forgotten".

:eyes:

[0007]

35. then down to 39% in a few days and they say the free-fall is over?

When did this guy hit town?

[SoFlaJet]

3. what this tells me

is that there's about 2 out of every five people walking around who can never under any circumstances admit when they were wrong-among them our president

[hedgehog]

6. Exactly

[C_U_L8R]

4. Just A Dead Cat Bounce

No amount of spin will let Bush defy gravity.
He's going down down down.

[sonofliberty]

5. I wonder what it is like to free fall with no shoot?? lets watch!!!!

It is not the fall that will kill you it is the sudden stop at the bottom

[Loonman]

7. So Norah O'Donnell will have an on-air orgasm, today

When she reports this.

[DarienComp]

8. Bush poll ratings "SOARING" at 39%!!!!!!!

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[myrna minx]

36. I'm getting vertigo from the dizzying high approval ratings.

:sarcasm:

[NV Whino]

9. Bull shit

He's so far down, it just looks like up.

[electropop]

10. A tiny blip does not make a recovery.

Bush has many travails ahead, some of which will make his current troubles seem easy:

Abramoff (has already resulted in the arrest of his budget director). Many more surprises to come.

Rove's indictment

Possibly more direct links to Traitorgate (Novak is hinting that Bush is obstructing justice).

Increasing troubles for his cronies in Congress (DeLay, Frist, and 60 Abramoff targets).


This situation is like Bush clinging to a little plant growing from the cliff, and the roots are pulling loose. Once he's no longer "connected at the roots" to terra firma, buh-bye.

[AnneD]

34. It's the economy folks....

they have built this nice little house of cards with the economy. The MSM reports the economy just like they do the politics through the corporate filter. I think THAT will be the straw that breaks the camel's back. We are so screwed economically and most aren't even aware of it yet. Wait till that info soaks in....
I also really question these numbers. They are historically low. The GOP knows this and are scared shit-less about the 06 elections (NEXT YEAR).

[Beetwasher]

11. 39% Seems Like A Nice Firm Foundation

From which he can build himself right back up to 90%! And he's just the chimp to do it because it's all sunshine and roses from here on out and we all know what a strong leader he is...how dedicated, confident, intelligent etc.! :rofl:

[Spazito]

12. ROFL, by this same poll he could be down 2 more instead of up

one point given the margin of error is plus-minus 3.1 percent. To say the bush/media spin is desperate is an understatement.

[hobbit709]

13. Free fall is over

when you hit the ground

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Wow! That is some strong mandate - He's invincible, isn't he?

[bunkerbuster1]

15. If it really has bottomed out and the Chimp emerges from the ashes

like the Phoenix, we have our pink-tutu Dems to thank.

Thanks for being total wusses and not keeping your foot on his throat when you had him pinned!

Thanks for getting all askairt and saying "Howard Dean doesn't speak for me" when the one Dem in a prominant, MSM-visible position to articulate our disgust had the balls to say what was on everyone's mind.

Thanks for pitching our prospects for re-taking this country from the Fascists in 2006 right into the crapper.

Like I said, "If." This bottoming out might be illusory. But I got a bad feeling about this. I think his "strategery" of doing the stupid speeches prior to the Iraq election will produce the illusion of a good outcome, and Americans will forget that they've squandered hundreds of billions of dollars on this idiotic venture, because the corporate media wants so very much for Chimpy to be the Comeback Kid.

Sorry for being a downer. The weather sucks in ATL today.

[VolcanoJen]

23. Awwwww.

bunkerbuster, don't be so upset. It's a one-point increase over last month. It's well within the margin of error. It's a statistical blip. The headlines are being manipulated.

Every time Bush gives another lame speech, he's just reminding Americans of what a bumbling, cocky jackass he is. If I were Rove, I would have just hidden him away until the spring.

Wait until us folks up north open our credit card bills at the end of the month, followed by our heating bills.

And, you know, we're on Election #4 in Iraq. Did the first three elections help to reduce or curtail the violence? Unless our soldiers are coming home in the next few weeks, I don't see Bush's numbers going above 43% approval. Ever.

Have a cup of eggnog, my friend. :-)

[bunkerbuster1]

33. Sure hope you're right.

I might be overestimating the capability of the enemy, and underestimating the intelligence of the American public. It's just possible.

But I don't normally err on that side.

[Larkspur]

17. The one point increase is within the error margin

The only reason he's stopped free-falling is because they are stocking the polls. His poll numbers are still too high.

[jsamuel]

18. Apparently it's huge news now when Bush ISN'T falling

[Ilsa]

19. ...until next time he screws up. eom

[stepnw1f]

20. A War Criminal Has a 39% Approval

Insane....:eyes:

[tabasco]

24. That's how I feel. 39% approve of robber barons raping the USA.

A nation with this many millions of gullible people is in deep trouble.

[stepnw1f]

37. Trouble, Like a Bunch of Drunks

about to drive off into the night without their head lights on.

In a year from now they'll be bitchin and whinning, still clueless as to why and how. Burns me up!

I however, think that number is much lower than 39%. Maybe like 34%.

[bahrbearian]

21. Next month those 3% will be singing that old saying from Texas

I think it was written by the WHO " fool me once ...fool me once ..and I won't be fooled again.

[dchill]

22. Thanks to some gentle nurse-maiding...

from the self-congratulatory press, the "free-fall appears to be over". It's not really over, see, it just "appears to be". Back-slapping all around.

[dennis4868]

25. I always wondered growing up....

what percentage of the USA population were complete and utter idiots....now it is easy to tell...just check to see what Bushit's approval ratings are.....

[Demeter]

26. That's OK: Fitz will Indict Rove and The Beat Will Go On

Hell is other people winning, George.

[Brundle_Fly]

32. Fitz allong side with Delay

Frist, etc etc....

good thing he just backed Rove and Delay on Faux.

[truthisfreedom]

27. he's got bumps like this all over his graph. these pundits are idiots.

[cliss]

28. This is all petroleum-related.

Bush may celebrate, and clink his champagne glass with Karl Rove. But the fact is, Bush is rebounding only because gas prices have come down a bit.

People still despise the man just as much, but life is a little bit more livable now.

Just wait until the giant oil field in Kuwait sputters out its last drops. Watch the noose come out for Bush. And he knows it. That's why he looks like crap, can't make 1 clear sentence.

[MASSAFRA]

30. Gas prices

have started to rise again. Going from 2.09 to 2.29 in the last week. I look for Bush's numbers to drop again. One point is within the margin of error.

[speedoo]

29. The free fall will resume when:

Fitz makes his next indictment.

The Iraqi insurgents continue after the election.

No real evidence of an effective Iraqi government appears after the election.

The Dems start an effective 2006 campaign, based on: Iraq, phony economy, Katrina failure, failure to implement 9/11 commission recommendations.

etc.

The Coward can do nothing about any of these issues. He no longer has adequate credibility.

[DaveColorado]

31. 39% is fucking low