Bush's all-time low in the polls

43 is #1!

What you do not report is that Bush has job approval by 80 percent of Republicans in the latest polls, so what the Gallup poll really means is that Democrats and "independents" (traditionally left leaning) do not approve. I am shocked, shocked!

Again, this illegitimate Supreme Court appointed President will go down as the very worst President the United States has ever had. He is a disgrace, an embarassment, and a criminal.

Bush is a looser!

The first day he is officially out of office and a civilian. He and Cheney should be charged as War Criminals!!!

Republicans have become even more petulant and self-congratulatory than ever before, which is obvious by some of the "anti-Left", "everything Bush does is right!" sentiments on the board.

When did blindly supporting a president or party become more important than protecting young American troops?

If the war - now in its' 5th summer - is going so well, why has US Intel released dire predictions about AlQueda attacking us here in our homeland?

I wish Republicans could understand that liberals - as well as a vast majority of the country - are right this time around. The war is a disaster, the president is a disaster, and clinging to the way things have been done for the last 6 years means the disaster won't end anytime soon.

Sierra:

That 80% figure of Republican support is worthless. It's basically known that approximately 1/3 Republican, 1/3 Democrat and 1/3 Independent. Which means that Bush had to get the so-called "left leaning" vote to be elected. What this shows is that he has LOST the support of the independents who voted for him. Plus, notice how many of the Republican nominees for President compare themselves to Reagan, not Bush.

You should be shocked.

Sierra:

I'd like to know where you get your figures to support that claim.

From what I've seen, only about 62% of Republicans approve of Duh'bya's job performance. The "real" hidden figure here, is the fact that an ever increasing number of people who formerly identified themselves as "Republicans" no longer do so. As such, that 62% approval rating represents approval by a lot fewer people than one might think.

You're right Sierra. He's doing a fabulous job. Probably surpassed Abe Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt as the greatest president ever.

He's topped Tricky Dick,now he's assured of worst Prez in history!

He needs better PR. Let's try this...We won the war in Iraq. We deposed a tyrant and gave the powers to govern back to the Iraqi people. We can't help that they're mucking it up big time. We can't win peace in the middle east for the middle east. Let's bring our troop out of Iraq and welcome them home as heros. They deposed Saddam and tried to help a people that just can't seem to help themselves. GWB and the RNC should get on this bandwagon. Bottom line, we didn't and haven't failed in Iraq. The people of the middle east have failed to use the resources we gave them to a positive affect; hence they are failing Iraq. Leave them alone, let them fight it out themselves and not take sides. Lives and Liberty are much more important than cheap oil, Haliburton profits and Daddy's legacy. If terrorists hate us being the world's bully, let's stop giving them fodder for their cannons. Leave them to themselves for five years. Let them fight it out amongst themselves without us "big brothering" them and see how they do.
Isolationist? Maybe. But without our treasure being supplied to these theifdoms, they have no political or economic capital. Let them bankrupt China with high oil prices while we spend our money and efforts on going green.

yup that 31% is people still supporting this bad President are the losers and uneducated....Or they can't admit they made a mistake

What you do not report is that Bush has job approval by 80 percent of Republicans in the latest polls, so what the Gallup poll really means is that Democrats and "independents" (traditionally left leaning) do not approve. I am shocked, shocked!

Posted by: Sierra | July 18, 2007 8:49 AM

Because, idiot, if he reported every single approval rating from every single subset of the American populace, along with every single other piece of statistical minutiae in this poll, this posting would be 30 pages long. Could that be why?

Geez.. you are either the most positive person in the world (unlikely), or willfully blind to facts that you don't personally like. You dug through the poll to pick out the one tiny, little, immaterial nugget that could possibly be construed as positive for Mr. Bush in an attempt to disprove the poll findings.

(and those "left leaning" poll respondants seemed to like Ronald Reagan just fine. Shocked! Shocked!!!)

Doug Zook - check your facts: GWB's current approval among Republicans is also at an all-time low of 65%.

Yes, Democrats will not support Bush no matter what. When his approval ratings were in the 80 percent range following 9/11, still most Democrats did not support them and more than likely some of those that did, did so begrugingly.
Usually, no matter who good the GOP president is, most Democrats will not support that president. Throughout history, Republicans have shown to be more fair toward the Democratic president than vice versa.
And where Bush has fallen for some Republicans is because of immigration.

4 posts...3 slamming bush and one deadender defending him...dove tails nicely with the Gallup poll that 25% of this country are kool-ade sipping morons!

It seems it takes a sex scandal lie to get a president impeached nowadays, and not blatent deceit concerning the invasion of Iraq and the continued efforts by the Bush Administration to withhold valuable, important information from Americans. I vote for Bush and Cheny to be impeached and tried for war crimes.

Sierra,
The ratings are gathered by polling a random section of the public large enough to ensure they are representative of the nation as a whole. The approval ratings of the past that Bush's numbers are being compared to were gathered in an equally fair manner as Bush's current ratings and were just as subject to partisan influence. Your comment is meaningless.

What you do not report is that Bush has job approval by 80 percent of Republicans in the latest polls, so what the Gallup poll really means is that Democrats and "independents" (traditionally left leaning) do not approve. I am shocked, shocked!

Posted by: Sierra | July 18, 2007 8:49 AM

Sierra, this is precisely why the Republicans will be the minority party for years to come. Shocking, isnt' it?

It is hard to believe that you could find 30% of the population support what that guy & his cronies have done to this country!!

In the poll results the "Swamp" wants to make sure you don't see, the latest AP Poll shows the Democrat Congress with lower approval ratings than Pres. Bush:

"AP Poll: Public gives Congress low marks (has fallen 11 points since May, to 24 percent)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/13/07 | Darlene Superville - ap

WASHINGTON - In the eyes of the public, Congress is doing even worse than the president.

Public satisfaction with the job lawmakers are doing has fallen 11 points since May, to 24 percent, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll. That's lower than for President Bush, who hasn't fared well lately, either.

Bush has been taking heat over the Iraq war, his decision to spare a former top vice presidential aide from going to prison and his desire for an overhaul of immigration laws that critics said would give a free pass to illegal immigrants. His job approval rating in the AP-Ipsos survey remained virtually unchanged at 33 percent.

The 24 percent approval rating for Congress matched its previous low, which came in June 2006, five months before Democrats won control of the House and Senate due to public discontent with the job Republicans were doing.

Just two months ago, 35 percent of the public approved of Congress' work."

Wow. Bush skyrocketed from 29% to 31%. Who converted? Was it you, Zook? Maybe John E.?

mimi, which is worse, being a loser, or not being able to spell it?

At least he is still 5 points above the Democratic Congress.

Another poll came out today, Reuters/Zogby, and again the Dem Congress came out worse than Pres. Bush:

"Eighteen months before Bush leaves the White House, nearly two-thirds of Americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction and give the president negative marks for his job performance.

An even bigger majority, 83 percent, say the Democratic-controlled Congress is doing only a fair or poor job -- the worst mark for Congress in a Zogby poll....

While 83 percent said Congress was doing a fair or poor job, just 14 percent rated it excellent or good. Last October, in its final days, the Republican-led Congress earned ratings of excellent or good from 23 percent of voters."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070718/us_nm/usa_politics_poll_dc_2

Isn't it odd that Mark Silva and his Swampies don't write articles on polls that show the Congressional Democrats unpopular?

Bruce,

Democrat Congress? With one donkey incapacitated and Joe Lieberman doing his thing, I would hardly call the present day Congress the "Democrat Congress". Now if there were 60 plus Democrats in Congress, and believe me this is coming soon, then you can play this
Democrat Congress" card for all it will be worth. Till then, sell your slant somewhere else.

As to the polls, 80% plus of the american public thinks our national "elected" leaders aren't doing their jobs (representing the people, remember?). Whether it Executive branch or Legislative branch doesn't really matter.

Throughout history, Republicans have shown to be more fair toward the Democratic president than vice versa.
Posted by: John D | July 18, 2007 10:16 AM

What alternate planet do you come from? Does the name Clinton ring a bell? You guys don't get it do ya? When you came into power under Clinton, you were all high fives over yourselves and became the nastiest ankle biting politicians ever. What has happened is your scam is up. The people know now you were a bunch of angry old, selfserving, hypocritical politicians who are into the wallets of Americans.

Independents, Democrats and Libertarians need to stop blaming George W. Bush for for the deplorable state of the Union. Keep in mind that Bush was taking his instructions from Cheney, and for more than six years the Cheney/Bush Administration has been enthusiastically enabled by Republican politicians and voters.

Y'all need to spread the credit around so voters can remember whom to reward come November, 2008.

Bruce-
You keep throwing out the low ratings of congress as if that was some sort of endorsement of Bush and his policies. When, in fact, the opposite is true. The disenchantment of Congress is that they are not being tough enough on Bush and getting us out of Iraq.

Its sad that it has gotten to this. As much as I dislike what Bush has done over his first 7 years, it would be nice to have a president that people like once again. Nothing good can come from having a president less popular than a pre-resignation Nixon.

Would be interested to see the thoughts of his supporters...

It's time for the American people to demand the removal of George W and his cronies in the White House. He is an idiot, a moron and a war criminal. This country is worse off now, than it was 5 years ago when this stupid mess in Iraq began. Bring the troops home now and throw Dubya out of the White House. It's time for the American people to wake up...don't ever elect or allow anyone with the last name "Bush" to run the country in the highest office of President! Stupid, stupid mistake!

Only 552 days left, how time passes so slowly with this fool in the White House. I can hardly wait for the next hurricane or invasion to prove once and for all how smart the idiot right are.

When do the impeachment proceedings begin?

Sierra - nice try at spinning things, but if 80% of Republicans support him and yet Bush's overall numbers are so low, what that does indicate is that the number of people self-identifying as Republicans has shrunk dramatically.

Gee, I wonder why?

COB,

You must be new here, cuz believe me if'd you read other of my pearls of wisdom, Pulitzer Prize wanna be prose on the subject of Dubya you'd know that was tongue firmly in cheek sarcasm.

Herbie H.,

Dream on. I wouldn't support Dubya at the point of a gun.

With TeamBush!, nothing succeeds like failure.

Bill R., Republicans by and large did give Clintoon some high marks. Sorry to break the news to you.
And here we have more loony comments about Bush being a war criminal. Was Clintoon a war criminal for his not-sanctioned-by-the-UN foray into Bosnia? Was Clintoon a war criminal for his repeated bombings of Iraq during eight years? Who athorized Clinton to bomb Iraq on a regular basis, with four instances consisting of major bombing and multiple days of it?
It's always tough for the Left when reality and facts get in the way of their hysteria.

As long as we're playing the "What XXX fails to report..." game:

What Bruce fails to report is that, despite low approval ratings for Congress as a whole, when asked about the parties the Congressional Democrats still rank higher in approval than the Congressional Republicans.

http://www.pollingreport.com/congress.htm

Bush is proving to be the babbling bungling buffoon that I said he would be before the court appointed him president.
Congress needs to do the right thing which is to impeach and remove from office bush, cheney and gonzy. The three of them have committed crimes against the citizens of the United States.

I am sure republicans (or the good old boys)never thought that Bush would lead us to a woman or black man president.

It's been a struggle, but thank you Mr. Bush.

You have done more much damage in Iraq than Sadam.

You will be punished for your crimes one day.

You will be known in history as one of the worst presidents ever. Congratulations.

I am sure republicans (or the good old boys)never thought that Bush would lead us to a woman or black man president.

It's been a struggle, but thank you Mr. Bush.

You have done more much damage in Iraq than Sadam.

You will be punished for your crimes one day.

You will be known in history as one of the worst presidents ever. Congratulations.

From an independant voter. For all of you salivating for a 60 vote democratic majority in the senate, control of the house and the presidency, you would get exactly what we have here in Illinois.

The highest price of gas in the country, the highest sales tax in the country, soaring property taxes, runaway government spending, a utility company that has the president of the senate bought and paid for, and a governor who uses a corporate jet to commute to work.

Be careful what you wish for.....

After all that had happened in the past six years, all I can say is that G. W. Bush has done more damage to this country than anybody else, Bin Laden included!

From an independant voter. For all of you salivating for a 60 vote democratic majority in the senate, control of the house and the presidency, you would get exactly what we have here in Illinois.

The highest price of gas in the country, the highest sales tax in the country, soaring property taxes, runaway government spending, a utility company that has the president of the senate bought and paid for, and a governor who uses a corporate jet to commute to work.

Be careful what you wish for.....

Hey Thomas Ryan...
You remember the last administration? What we have now in Illinois is a big step up even with all the warts. Do you want to talk runaway govt. spending? Check the recent Republican record in Illinois and nationally.

We inadvertently elected a little Hitler.

What precedent does this set if we do not impeach him for abusing the powers that our votes gave him?

How can American citizens ever look any one in the eyes and not feel ashamed.

I am sad and ashamed to be in a country that lies and tortures.

The Democrats are in the majority don't use excuses to justify their stupid behavior.
Congress is behind Bush by 9 points in the AP poll and it means Reid's leadership is in trouble. Pelosi doesn't rank any higher.
Mike Madigan is the only bright spot in the Democrat Party in Illinois along with the minority Republicans Tom Cross and Frank Watson will have to craft the structure of the budget. Emil Jones is too busy taking care of his wife and family connections to state government. Blago is off in space waiting for the makeup artist to ready him for his next news conference.
Illinois is in a mess and the only way to get a budget is not to do another month to month budget--shut down the government and they will get to work to get it done.Jerry White, Springfield, IL

Jim G., as far as Republican spending nationally, the reality is that while spending did ramp up in the 2000-2003 period, it also crept to minimal 1 to 3 percent increases from 2004 2006.

In regard to Illinois, George Ryan did spend like no tomorrow, but he also had a Democratic legislature spending that money. And if we want to talk corruption, today's governor makes George Ryan look like a Boy Scout.
In addition, Republicans abandoned George Ryan and many so-called Republicans in Illinois for the simple fact they acted too much like the Democcrats.

Aren't there any lawyers out there that can get an impeachment process going?!! Why won't the monkey just STEP DOWN!!! The both of them! And since I did a rather (lousy) job in US Misery (history), who'd be next up to fill in while the two monkeys are swingin from other trees?

He needs to go now, not quietly when his term is over.

The thought of having him collecting a pension under the FPA makes me ill. It's not all that much money to him I'm sure, but those $186,000.00 he'll be making for being a criminal should be better spent!

John D.

Spin anyway you want. Rebubs everywhere are going to be very scarce in'08. Thanks to guys like Rush, Sean..and you, Bruce, Jerry White spouting back all that nonsense.

Hey, Mark, out of curiosity, what is the approval rating of the media? Isn't it something like 18 percent? And that continues to drop too!

From an independant voter. For all of you salivating for a 60 vote democratic majority in the senate, control of the house and the presidency, you would get exactly what we have here in Illinois.

The highest price of gas in the country, the highest sales tax in the country, soaring property taxes, runaway government spending, a utility company that has the president of the senate bought and paid for, and a governor who uses a corporate jet to commute to work.

Be careful what you wish for.....

Posted by: Thomas Ryan | July 18, 2007 12:59 PM

....Above average education system, some of the best infrastructure in the nation, probably the best working city in the country, some of the best hospitals in the country.. I'll take it.

Care to compare the output of the state public sectors of blue states vs. red states? I'll take that comparison any friggin day (even though the red states suck up way more than their fair share of the federal dollars).

The Democrats in Congress have a lower number than Bush. You of course don't report that because it might impact your Democratic bias. And you wonder why no one reads the Trib anymore?

The Democrats in Congress have a lower number than Bush. You of course don't report that because it might impact your Democratic bias. And you wonder why no one reads the Trib anymore?

Posted by: Amber | July 18, 2007 3:51 PM

I'll start with the obvious...why do you read the trib?
and one more time for the weak minded.....congress has always polled lower than the presidents. Also...in case you don't know it, the congress is made up of 2 parties and when they asked doing the pol does this hurt the democrats, they said no because anything would be better than the republicans. Keep grabing though...something out there might make you feel that your no longer only a part of the 26% deadenders.
Might I add that when the republicans had complete control, they did nothing. Nothing but push your stupid religious agenda with your hate gays, Terry Shiavo debacle, and the most important thing on every Americans mind...flag burning.

The only thing more depressing than the Bush presidency are the long list of retreads, egomaniacs, and out of touch bureaucrats running for office.

Obama is stuck in left field, Edwards is an ambulance chasing smarmy lawyer, McCain is too old, Rudy doesn't have it, and Hillary... oomigosh, hearing her voice the next four years would send shivers down my spine, and open the door for another 9/11.

Does this really come as a surprise? To the first response: It's highly unlikely that a random survey will pick all Democrats, thus giving Mr. Bush the low approval rating that he has. But then again, you're a Republican which means that no amount of logic will get through to you, just like our president. This has been a very painful and difficult 7 years for many, many Americans, both Democrat and Republican. This presidency cannot end soon enough.

Gosh Liz,

I guess it'e narrowed down to you!

This just in...

The Pittsburgh newspaper owned by conservative billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife yesterday called the Bush administration's plans to stay the course in Iraq a "prescription for American suicide."

They also questioned his sanity.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003612271

Ok all you wingnuts, start spinning THAT!

I share the same view as Liz- in a country this large, we are stuck with THAT? Still, if Obama grows up a bit and moves more to the center, or if Bill Richardson was a bit more inspirational, they may be viable. Rudy is sort of a centrist, and I do not have any bad impressions there either.

I share the view of "anyone but Hillary". Been there. Done that. Time to move on.

Forget about the record low ratings, what's really scary is that 31% of us still think this guy is doing a "good" job.

GOPers, quit defending this goofball, you're hurting yourselves for 08.

Well if 80% of Republican's approve of Bushie & he still only musters a 31% overall approval rating, does that show that the US is leaning more left than right?

And if anyone who reads the Trib looks back, they will not find a "liberal bias", in fact the Trib supported Bushie in both his first term "selection" & his 2nd term election & historically has been a conservative voice in this liberal city.

I am not defending Bush, because I think the huge mistake in Iraq trumps everything else, and for that his presidency will always be a disgrace. Illegal immigration is a mess, much of America does not share in the vast prosperity, the deficit is enormous, and health care is approaching a possible crisis state. However, there are some successes (for some folks).

Consider the booming economy, lower taxes, business expansion, and stock market, and some people are in better shape. Unfortunately, too few shared this wealth, and many just got richer. Perhaps these people make up the 31% who still support the president.

I would have to say Carter's presidency was still worse, as we did almost nothing right, and the widespread national pain and humiliation was greater than what we see today. In time, the Bush legacy may get worse if history records a rise in global terrorism (almost a given) because of Iraq. If, on the other hand, democracy and moderate muslims can one day overtake radical islam (a long shot), will Bush get any credit?

WITH EVERY .... EATING GRIN THERE GOES ANOTHER LIE,BY THE DUMBEST PRESIDENT I HAVE EVER SEEN.
I WONDER WHOM IS REALLY CALLING THESE SHOTS?

"Throughout history, Republicans have shown to be more fair toward the Democratic president than vice versa."

Are you including Ken Starr and the 80 million dollar blowjob?

I see your point.