The latest CBS News poll finds President Bush’s approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent, while pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a new high.
Mr. Bush’s overall job rating has fallen to 34 percent, down from 42 percent last month. Fifty-nine percent disapprove of the job the president is doing.
For the first time in this poll, most Americans say the president does not care much about people like themselves. Fifty-one percent now think he doesn’t care, compared to 47 percent last fall.
Just 30 percent approve of how Mr. Bush is handling the Iraq war, another all-time low.
By two to one, the poll finds Americans think U.S. efforts to bring stability to Iraq are going badly – the worst assessment yet of progress in Iraq.
Even on fighting terrorism, which has long been a strong suit for Mr. Bush, his ratings dropped lower than ever. Half of Americans say they disapprove of how he’s handling the war on terror, while 43 percent approve.
Now would be an appropriate time to stick this on your car:
Can’t Rove just touch up the numbers?
So much for Dubya’s “mandate from the people”. If he thinks it’s bad now, wait til we get a Democratic majority in Congress this year…
Was this poll conducted before or after the announcement that a company based in the UAE would be managing six of our nation’s largets ports? If the poll was taken before this announcement then I would wager that Bush’s numbers are even worse now.
Mark–
Displeasure with Bush’s outsourcing of port operations is already reflected in this poll. According to the New York Times, cosponsor of the poll, it was conducted between last Wednesday and Sunday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/politics/28bush.html
70% said that Dubai Ports World should not be allowed to operate US ports.
“BLOWn JOB BY GEORGE W”
http://www.ilovepoetry.com/viewpoem.asp?id=94525