Bush's Job Approval Stuck Near Bottom

[RedEarth]

WASHINGTON - President Bush's marks on overall job approval and for handling the economy are mired near their lowest levels despite a spike in consumer confidence over the past month, an AP-Ipsos poll found.


Bush's job approval is now at 40 percent and his approval on handling the economy at 39 percent. Those numbers haven't budged over the last month even with the public's confidence in the economy growing and the president delivering an upbeat State of the Union address.

Consumer confidence was measured at its highest level in 16 months in the RBC CASH index released Friday.

The AP-Ipsos poll found that the president has slightly improved his standing on handling foreign policy and terrorism to 47 percent. This comes as the public has grown more accepting of the administration's policy on domestic eavesdropping, with almost half now supporting it — up from 42 percent last month.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bush_ap_poll;_ylt=AuLdMCS1KiOE0kHzMGIaxNms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

[Der Blaue Engel]

1. WTF is with the "yes, please spy on me!" idiocy?

This country is freaking me out.

:wtf:

[stepnw1f]

4. That's If You Believe the Polls Accuracey

or even legitimacy. I DON'T.

[zonmoy]

16. you are right

most of his positive numbers have to be either rigging of the polls or asking his diehard supporters do you still support him.

[fasttense]

10. They are such cowards they are willing to give up all their rights

in exchange for a small sense of security.

Why aren't all the bush lovers in Iraq? Because they are cowards.

I know a family of eight with five boys between the ages of 17 and 35. They quote the bush* regime's talking points as if they were quoting facts and not a single boy is in the military. Cowards all of them. The 48 year old father of this family a true repuke, never did anything for his country either. Let someone else protect our country while we hide is their unspoken attitude.

[Carni]

15. I think it's the way they word the poll itself

Most of the ones I have seen ask stupid crap like:

"Do you approve of the President spying on AQ terrorists in the US"

I mean how does someone answer THAT question?

Yeah I guess I would, except for the fact that there's no oversight and he deems anyone that thinks he sucks as a terrorist...but there's no option for that particular response.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

22. That's what I'm thinking.

The poll never addresses the warrant question which would cast the poll question in a whole new light.

[Carni]

28. The AOL polls are THE WORST

They have had polls that do everything but come right out and ask:

Do you like President Bush

Or are you on the side of the terrorists

It's such a joke-

[NYC Liberal]

25. Because the poll is crap, since they ask the WRONG question

They ask: "Do you think the president should be able to wiretap" (Duh, nobody is saying he shouldn't) when the actual question is and should be, "Do you think the president should be able to BREAK THE LAW and illegally wiretap?" (a very different case - and what the issue is here)

[MellowOne]

2. It just shows

How spiked these polls are.

[MADem]

5. I'm with you--keep in mind, his polls are "stuck near the bottom"

...and anything stuck near a bottom tends to smell a bit like bullshit!!!

[bluestateguy]

3. I'd like it to be lower, but I'll take it

It seems as if Bush's floor is about 35%. Beyond that, we are getting into some real Bushbot territory here.

[Kolesar]

6. "an upbeat State of the Union address"...says who?

[ClintonTyree]

7. It was upbeat.........

it was all lies, but they were upbeat lies.

[The_Casual_Observer]

21. Who? Some 28 year old copy writer sitting in a cubicle

pressed for time and writing what they think will sound good, and more importantly, what they personally believe and want to fob off as generally accepted truth.

[NYC Liberal]

26. It was upbeat, sure. Doesn't mean it was true though!

[peacetalksforall]

8. If they say 40-39, you know that it is from 5 to 10 points less. nt

[neuvocat]

18. In other words...

you're left with the 30% hard-core Bush supporters in that poll and that's it.

[aquart]

9. That number is way too high.

People are still willing to give that bastard a break.

[Sadie5]

11. Can't imagine who in their right mind

thinks it is OK to spy on average Americans. As for his SOTU message it was all hogwash. None of it meaningful.

[kurth]

12. 40% approve. What the hell

They must think his shit is gourmet.

[freesqueeze]

13. If, at first glance, the slash looks like an

then this link seems to say "slap/bush"

or am I being freudian?

[alarcojon]

14. If he hits 41% and they start to talk about a "comeback"

I'll just have to shake my head. Again.

[swag]

17. Another Pony for Holden?

[rayofreason]

19. I thought...

...that this was a news forum.

Dog bites man anyone?

[BenDavid]

20. It matters I guess to what poll

you look at. Now here is one that was a few stories about this at the time I write:

The Harris Interactive telephone survey of 1,045 adults taken Feb. 3-6 found that 77 percent have reservations about the fundamental issues raised by the eavesdropping controversy, the ABA said in releasing the survey.

Of that group, 52 percent agreed that a president should never be able to "suspend the constitutional freedoms of people like you." Another 25 percent said constitutional freedoms should never be suspended unless authorized by a court or the U.S. Congress.

This knocks the socks off the right leaning AP/ISOS poll that stated this:This comes as the public has grown more accepting of the administration's policy on domestic eavesdropping, with almost half now supporting it — up from 42 percent last month.

[johnnyrocket]

23. These 40% need a two-by-four upside their head..

...maybe set some neurons firing again...so they get a clue.

[The_Casual_Observer]

24. And may it sink much lower , God willing.

[DamnYank]

27. People are just plain clueless

Our educational system has been a mess for so long that a large number of people under 60 have never read the Constitution or studied the basic facts of American history (note to school boards and principals: a coach with an IQ high enough to allow him/her to operate a VCR does not a history teacher make.....) I know a group of retired men who get together once a month in a model railroad club. They continue to support * and dump on "libruls" and Clinton as they circulate racist cartoons about looters in New Orleans and voice support for eliminating the "Ponzi scheme" of Social Security. I got so disgusted that I quit attending their meetings. These are not stereotypically stupid people but are retired businesspeople, engineers, etc. Whenever * comes on TV they gather around the "teevee" like a herd of sheep and obediently obey the master. They have simply been brainwashed by the corporate media from which they get their information. Given that half of all "Murkins" support taking military action in Iran in order to stop nuclear weapons I think we should be thankful that his approval isn't much higher.