Perry's job approval rating drops down to 40%

[SoCalDem]

Perry's job approval rating drops down to 40%, according to poll
March 6, 2004, 3:51AM

Perry's job rating declines to 40%, according to poll
By R.G. RATCLIFFE
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau
AUSTIN -- Controversial budget cuts and the bitter congressional redistricting battle apparently have turned Rick Perry into the most unpopular Texas governor in 14 years, according to a poll released Friday.

Half the 1,000 Texans surveyed in the latest Scripps Howard Texas Poll said they disapprove of the job Perry is doing as governor. Just 40 percent gave Perry positive marks. That marks the greatest level of dissatisfaction with a Texas governor since Republican Gov. Bill Clements' last year in office in 1990, when 59 percent of the Texans surveyed said he was doing a poor job.

Texans turned on Clements in 1987 because he was involved in a football pay-to-play scandal at Southern Methodist University and broke a no-new-taxes campaign promise by signing into law the largest tax increase in Texas history. In Perry's case, the slide seems to have been caused mostly by bitterness over three special sessions on congressional redistricting last year.

"The biggest event probably was the negative publicity surrounding redistricting, which was an ugly political fight," said Perry pollster Michael Baselice, who questioned the poll's accuracy.


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another story in same issue.. addresses his "other" problem

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2436532

March 6, 2004, 3:10AM

Perry blasts rumors on personal life as `filth'
Democrats' rally prompts remarks
Associated Press
AUSTIN -- Republican Gov. Rick Perry is denying long-swirling rumors about his personal life and marriage, blaming leading Democrats for spreading lies and "uncorroborated filth."

Perry told the Austin American-Statesman in a copyright story Friday that a smear campaign was behind rumors that he and his wife, Anita, plan to divorce over his alleged infidelity and that he will resign.

"I don't think a rumor can just get to critical mass by itself," Perry told the newspaper. "I think you have to have a well thought-out, organized effort to disseminate that kind of information and keep it going day after day after day after day."

"Rumors are always going to be part of political campaigns," said Tony Proffitt, a former aide to the late Democratic Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock. "The real problem may be that the Internet can spread them so fast and so far-flung that they could be a political tool and a very devastating one." Perry declined interviews Friday with the Associated Press and other news organizations besides the American-Statesman, said spokeswoman Kathy Walt.


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[Florida_Geek]

1. And this does not count Perry's Hot Tub

games. :evilgrin:

[Voltaire99]

2. "Dated Dean, Married Kerry"

Good thing you sowed your oats before the arranged marriage.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Encouraging news -- Texans had an outstanding Dem...

gubernatorial candidate, but chose a typical Repub instead.

[SoCalDem]

4. Is there a recall provision?? Who would be gov if he quits?

He has until 2006, right??

[DeepModem Mom]

5. Good question --

I'm not a Texan, so don't know the answer, but do remember following that gubernatorial race with hope for our guy.

[Judi Lynn]

6. Uh, oh, SoCalDem, I didn't see your post in time

and posted this article too.

I love it. It's just the best kind of article!

I am dragging my Perry and Bush photo here, so they can shut down my thread. I love this photo. They are reading a book written by Lynne Cheney, by the way.


Rick and George grace yet another classroom.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Here's more on this story from the Dallas News

Texas Poll: 50% disapprove of Perry

Support at new low; governor, wife blast marital rumors


10:06 PM CST on Friday, March 5, 2004


By CHRISTY HOPPE / The Dallas Morning News



AUSTIN ­ Gov. Rick Perry's job approval rating has tumbled to its lowest point in his administration, with half of Texans surveyed in a new poll saying they don't like the job he's doing.

Fifty percent of the respondents in the Winter 2004 Texas Poll released Friday said they believed the governor was doing poorly, while 40 percent said they believed Mr. Perry was doing well – a 27-point drop in his approval since November 2001. Ten percent either had no opinion or gave no answer.

The poll was released, coincidentally, on the day Mr. Perry publicly denounced rumors that his marriage was in trouble, that his wife, Anita, was filing for divorce and that he was leaving office.
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Political observers, including those in his own party, said they believe the governor's poor poll numbers are based on a year of bitter, rancorous fights over redistricting and balancing a $9.9 billion deficit by cutting social services and teachers' benefits, raising fees and allowing large hikes in college tuition.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/030604dntexperry.a43e.html
(Free registration required)

[sonias]

8. he he he

(snip)
In Perry's case, the slide seems to have been caused mostly by bitterness over three special sessions on congressional redistricting last year.
(snip)
"Gov. Perry governs by principle, not polls," Walt said.
(snip)
But the poll indicates that Perry could face serious problems when he runs for re-election in 2006.
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Repuke sharks are circling the Governor's mansion as we speak. That infidelity thing was perfectly timed. One tough granny drew first blood. The school finance special session will bleed perry out for sure.

Repuke political euthanasia is a fascinating ritual.

Sonia

[Judi Lynn]

9. Your second article is thought-provoking, too

This is the oddest expression I've ever heard. I believe Perry has put two words together which have never been used in this context:

uncorroborated filth!

Looks as if he's saying there IS filth, but he's thrown a scare into the witnesses, so as it stands, it's UNCORROBORATED.

Smooooooth!

[Judi Lynn]

10. Filth kick!

:kick:

[JusticeForAll]

11. I like posts about this guy

The last we heard from him he was hiding his homosexuality and gay/lesbian activists were outside his mansion holding signs saying it was OK to be gay

[scarface2004]

12. i love the smell of filth in the morning!!!

it smells like victory!!!