So al-Zarqawi Dies, And Shrub's Rasmussen Approval # Goes ... Down?

[Mark E. Smith]

From that most Republican of all polling organizations:

Thirty-nine (39%) of Americans approve of the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as president. Sixty percent (60%) disapprove.

Two-thirds of the telephone interviews for this update were conducted following the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. This suggests that there is no immediate "bounce" for the President from the news. Economic confidence, as measured by the Rasmussen Consumer and Investor Index, has actually slipped a bit since the terrorist leader's death. That stands in sharp contrast to the reaction following the capture of Saddam Hussein when economic confidence soared to the highest levels of the post-9/11 era.

http://rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm

People are just so sick and tired of Iraq that no matter what the news coming from that God forsaken place Shrub will still remain a widely disrespected and unpopular president.

[warrior1]

1. I think you'll see a bounce for bush

'If' the price of gas goes down. Nothing else matters, IMO. Oh, and it's never going back down.

[Omphaloskepsis]

2. I watched the three nightly news programs that night.

It was nonstop Iraq. Instead of the usual two minutes per program. It got a lot of people talking about the war. That can't be good for Bush.