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So how long before he creeps into the low 20's? A month? Two?

President George W. Bush’s approval ratings are now the lowest for any president the day before a State of the Union speech since Richard Nixon in 1974, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Sixty-five percent of those surveyed said they disapprove of how Bush is handling his job as president while 33 percent approve. The rating matches Bush’s career low in a May 2006 poll.

Seventy-one percent of Americans said the country is on the wrong track, up from 46 percent in an April 2003 poll, the month after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. A majority of those polled this month don’t approve of how Bush is handling the Iraq war, terrorism or the economy.


But it gets better!

President Bush will deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night to a nation that’s strongly opposed to his plan for increasing troops in Iraq and deeply unhappy with his performance as president, according to a CBS News poll.

Mr. Bush’s overall approval rating has fallen to just 28 percent, a new low, while more than twice as many (64 percent) disapprove of the way he’s handling his job.


via Sadly, No!

While Steve at No More Mister Nice Blog reminds us:

Bush is going to end up the most unpopular president in history. Remember, I said that here first.

--Gore Vidal in the April 18, 2002, San Francisco Chronicle, when Bush was at 76% in the CBS poll
From: [identity profile] moonlightnrain.livejournal.com
In addition writing one of my favorite first lines of a novel ever (above, from "Duluth," a novel I read and re-read obsessively in high school), Gore Vidal is one smart cookie.

Date: 2007-01-23 08:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scoreboard.livejournal.com
Depending on who you believe, rock bottom is either Jimmy Carter at the onset of the hostage crisis, Nixon when he resigned, or Truman immediately after firing MacArthur. But anything below 25 or 26% is bona fide "here be dragons" territory in the history of polling...

Date: 2007-01-23 09:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eska-rina.livejournal.com
Gore Vidal is one smart cookie! :D

Date: 2007-01-23 09:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] senatorhatty.livejournal.com
shouldn't that be "MOST bitterest rival"?

Date: 2007-01-23 10:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ebonlock.livejournal.com
Just quoting (or attempting to) the brilliant Jon Stewart from last night's ep ;)

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