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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 08:37 AM
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15. Bush approval rating nearing Nixon's levels
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3692292.html

WASHINGTON - President Bush's job-approval rating fell to an all-time low — 34 percent — in a poll published Tuesday. That puts him not far above Richard Nixon's Watergate-era nadir and raises questions about how effectively he can govern in his remaining years in office.

The poll, conducted by CBS News between last Wednesday and Saturday, found that 59 percent of U.S. adults disapproved of Bush's job performance. His 34 percent approval rating was the lowest since he took office in 2001, eight points lower than in January.

The poll's margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage points.

A toxic mix of messes has dragged Bush down, including his handling of Hurricane Katrina, the Harriet Miers Supreme Court nomination, violence in Iraq, and the port deal with a state-owned Arab company.

Bush's approval rating is far below those of three of the last four two-term presidents in February of their sixth year:

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The good people of this country know that this sack of shit has destroyed everything for them. :grr:
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