Bush's Numbers Sliding...But Does He Give A Rat's Behind?
Sometimes the polls surprise even a jaded Bush basher such as me. Yesterday's MSNBC's online poll about Bush's waging of the Iraq war:
15% thought he was doing a good job
2% weren't sure, and
83% thought he was doing a bad job
Wow! That's only a measure of the MSNBC online surfers who were willing to take the poll--hardly scientific, but a measure nonetheless. A far more scientific poll shows that his numbers have never been worse. Bush's handling of Iraq is at 38%. With a sizeable percentage of Americans still support GW Bush, the Iraq question clearly threatens many Bush supporters' views of Bush. Because nearly 2 of every 3 Americans don't like how he's managing the war.
Bush is overwhelmed with concern for these awful new numbers. How's he showing concern? By taking a month-long vacation at his Crawford ranch. I've come to think that Bush doesn't so much view what he has as a presidency anymore, but as a monarchy. Who cares what the people think? They don't know what's good for them!
Ah, but there's more...overall job approval hovers at 42%, which is quite low. Disapproval is quite high, at 55%. The honesty issue is also a clear divider in American opinion. 48% believe Bush is honest, and a whopping 52% believe he is not. More than half of Americans believe we have a dishonest president.
The last poll item, and perhaps the most damning, is 60% of respondents' belief that America's headed in the wrong direction.
This is the alarm bell ringing and ringing and ringing, and it's up to Democrats to respond: 6 of every 10 Americans say we're going the wrong direction. These are some very exploitable results.
--Bush is leading this country in the wrong direction.
--More than half the country thinks he's dishonest.
--Almost two of every three Americans think he's doing a lousy job fighting the Iraq war.
Democrats have another direction. Democrats need to voice what direction that is. Democrats need to offer their alternative so that we can give those 6 of 10 Americans a place to feel comfortable. Bush has, in a sense, made it easy for us. He's such a phenomenally bad leader that finally, finally Americans are getting it.
Democrats: you up to the task?
15% thought he was doing a good job
2% weren't sure, and
83% thought he was doing a bad job
Wow! That's only a measure of the MSNBC online surfers who were willing to take the poll--hardly scientific, but a measure nonetheless. A far more scientific poll shows that his numbers have never been worse. Bush's handling of Iraq is at 38%. With a sizeable percentage of Americans still support GW Bush, the Iraq question clearly threatens many Bush supporters' views of Bush. Because nearly 2 of every 3 Americans don't like how he's managing the war.
Bush is overwhelmed with concern for these awful new numbers. How's he showing concern? By taking a month-long vacation at his Crawford ranch. I've come to think that Bush doesn't so much view what he has as a presidency anymore, but as a monarchy. Who cares what the people think? They don't know what's good for them!
Ah, but there's more...overall job approval hovers at 42%, which is quite low. Disapproval is quite high, at 55%. The honesty issue is also a clear divider in American opinion. 48% believe Bush is honest, and a whopping 52% believe he is not. More than half of Americans believe we have a dishonest president.
The last poll item, and perhaps the most damning, is 60% of respondents' belief that America's headed in the wrong direction.
This is the alarm bell ringing and ringing and ringing, and it's up to Democrats to respond: 6 of every 10 Americans say we're going the wrong direction. These are some very exploitable results.
--Bush is leading this country in the wrong direction.
--More than half the country thinks he's dishonest.
--Almost two of every three Americans think he's doing a lousy job fighting the Iraq war.
Democrats have another direction. Democrats need to voice what direction that is. Democrats need to offer their alternative so that we can give those 6 of 10 Americans a place to feel comfortable. Bush has, in a sense, made it easy for us. He's such a phenomenally bad leader that finally, finally Americans are getting it.
Democrats: you up to the task?
posted by VTexan at 8:03 AM
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