White House Predicts 'Remarkable Shift': Bush Will Leave Office With 45% Approval

[Hissyspit]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/10/bush-poll-prediction

White House Predicts ‘Remarkable Shift’: Bush Will Leave Office With 45 Percent Approval

Bush’s job approval numbers may be mired in the low 30s right now, but U.S. News’ Washington Whispers reports that Bush aides predict he’ll be at 45 percent when he leaves office:

He’s a poll cellar-dweller whom even GOP presidential candidates sneer at, but George W. Bush and some congressional backers see happy days for the prez this year. His fans have dubbed it his “legacy year,” when they hope to lock in his achievements on the domestic front.

Among the items Bush’s GOP congressional allies want to work on this month: continuing his tax cuts and extending the controversial No Child Left Behind Act. As for the war, they say, the news has been good, and Bushies believe that their guy will eventually get credit for opening the war on terrorism. But more immediately, they are predicting a remarkable poll shift to about 45 percent favorable by the time he leaves office next year.

While the White House sees “happy days” here again for Bush’s “legacy year,” the American public appears quite ready for his presidency to be over. In the past year, the public’s disapproval of Bush has been extremely stable:

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[Bicoastal]

1. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure.

[Virginia Dare]

2. White House is on crack...n/t

[DesertRat]

3. Are they planning something spectacular?

:scared:

[Individualist]

12. That's what I'm wondering about as well

since his highest approval rating was immediately after the 9/11 attacks.

[Richard Steele]

49. "Jerusalem loves you, Mister President". nm

[Patsy Stone]

4. Is this before or after

the monkeys fly out of my butt?

[aquart]

27. After. I think, after.

[Justice Is Comin]

5. 45% In Algeria.

[Art_from_Ark]

47. Or Albania.

They love him there.

[katty]

6. o pleeezzzzz, legacy year?! he's happy cause he's leaving

and he can drink himself into kingdom come everyday in Crawford.

[bdamomma]

42. or in Paraquay.

[HeraldSquare212]

7. He'll confuse all those smiles as he leaves with kind regards nt

[SeattleGirl]

8. What the hell are they smoking over there?

45% approval rating?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[bronxiteforever]

9. Shrub is taking "medicinal beverages" again I see

[Xipe Totec]

10. He will leave with the approval of an entire nation

I for for one cannot wait for the moment, and will applaud enthusiastically when he is gone.

[Libby2]

37. Good Point!!

[Arugula Latte]

11. ...and then, as he's leaving office,

monkeys will fly out of his ass.

[Binka]

13. Credit For Opening The War On Terrorism WTF?

The assholes are admitting that Bush started the whole god damn mess? :evilgrin: I'm sure his tax cuts for the UBER RICH and his wildly popular LEAVE NO MILLIONARE BEHIND act are gonna save his ass.

Cheney is gonna attack us again. :scared:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

14. only if he is leaving in shackles...

[cynatnite]

15. Oh, sure....

[EstimatedProphet]

16. This guy?

Him? Really?

[Hissyspit]

23. No. This guy...

[NWHarkness]

17. And if they're right?

A 45% approval rating would be nothing to be proud of.

[kskiska]

18. and that's good?

That's really as high as they aspire to? Less than half the population approving of him. Sad.

[balantz]

19. Sure. They'll just have someone take a poll

and it will be true :+

[RockaFowler]

20. . . .

:rofl:
:rofl:
:rofl:
Oh, I thought this was a Republican Joke!!!

[sendero]

21. These folks spend half their lives clicking their heels three times..

... and wishing upon a star.

If 1/4 of the rosy prognostications made by Bush and his minions came true, we'd be 50 times better off.

[Fleshdancer]

well duh. Who doesn't approve of him leaving office?

Debt, wars and recession. Fun times. If he wants to increase his approval rating to 99%, I recommend he retire now.

[marmar]

22. It's pretty sad when you're aiming for a 45 percent approval rating.....

.... 11/7/00 will truly live in infamy.

[ileus]

24. everyone will be happy to see him go, I'm going to predict 73%

[Duncan Grant]

25. Is he going to send us all $300 checks again?

Sorry, but even that trick won't work again...

[C_U_L8R]

26. I think even 100% will approve of Bush leaving.

I certainly approve.

[InternalDialogue]

28. Diebold is going to start tallying approval-rating polls?

[Bucky]

29. Oh, he got into the White House running on low expectations. Why shouldn't he leave that way?

[JackBeck]

30. Delusional as always. n/t

[tnlefty]

31. Man, if someone could've taped my laughing about his fans and his

'legacy year' they wouldn't be playing clips of Sen. Clinton laughing anymore!!

Happy days as the American public appears quite ready for his pResidency to be over...:rofl: No shit, I'll be shooting fireworks when that lying criminal is out of office, but this is adding to his popularity with the public?!!! Bush be gone! Praise Jeebus! :rofl:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

32. That's still an "F."

[underpants]

33. That's a "gentleman's C" thank you very much

and anyone who says otherwise hates America

[spanone]

34. that probably means war with Iran is imminent

[0007]

35. The fire and guts that have brought junior and Amerkica to fame.

Some of the folks behind junior & his dick

[NewJeffCT]

36. well, the media seems to have forgotten about Iraq

And Dems don't seem bold enough to start contempt proceedings on various WH officials.

And, nobody in the WH has been indicted lately.

[screembloodymurder]

38. Insanity

is long term.

[XOKCowboy]

39. The arrogance of that statement is overwhelming...

Ya he'll get credit for the Occupation of Iraq but no the way they see it. They really think that the world is that stupid. Amazing. :eyes:

[bdamomma]

40. oh shit what are they planning now.

do they really think we are that ignorant.

[mtnester]

41. Is that like in DOG percentage?

Like dog years?

If so, the REAL human approval rate will be approximately 6.43%

Sounds right to me.

[L. Coyote]

43. Doth the Decider have a Soothsayer?

[Javaman]

44. It's amazing what money can buy, huh? nt

[book_worm]

45. So they'll be happy with 45%? Bill Clinton had 67% approval on day he left.

[enki23]

46. it's hilarious that their pie in the sky goal is forth-five percent

.

[paparush]

48. That's .45 BAC

i'm here all year
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