Bush bottoms out... again [View All]

47-48%

June 2, 2004: A Washington Post-ABC News poll released last week showed that 58 percent of Americans disapproved of his handling of Iraq, a politically perilous figure. Bush aides contended over the weekend that the president has bottomed out politically.

October 21, 2004: "I do believe that Bush bottomed out a week or 10 days ago and that we're beginning to see upswings now," Rogich said.

42%

September 22, 2005: Has Bush hit bottom? The latest Survey USA 50-state survey shows little change in President Bush's approval numbers from last month -- before Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf coast region. According to the survey, 41% of Americans today approve of the president's performance and 57% disapprove.

40%

October 2, 2005: Newsweek poll suggests Bush has hit bottom. The latest Newsweek poll suggests President Bush's popularity is no longer in free fall and may be inching upwards.

38%

November 3, 2005: "The president I think has bottomed out. I think last week was the bottom," said Ken Duberstein, who worked in the team that Ronald Reagan brought in to help recover from the Iran-Contra scandal.

November 7, 2005: Last week the Bush administration's second-term bear market bottomed out.

40%

December 13, 2005: White House officials, citing new polls that show an uptick in the president's approval ratings, say the mood has changed significantly over the past two weeks as the administration moves into the 2006 election year. "It was rough there," said a key Bush adviser. "But I felt the mood change a week ago, and now people seem more confident. I think we've bottomed out."

36%

April 16, 2006: Putting a delirious spin on the Bush's low ratings, the GOP says that "those polls were actually good news because the President's popularity has bottomed out. It has stabilized..."

32-36%

April 29, 2006: Steve Benen of The Carpetbagger Report suggests that Bush’s approval ratings may finally have bottomed out in the CNN survey: "The president has lost just about everyone he's going to lose; these 32 percent would probably back Bush if he personally came to their home and punched them in the face," Benen predicts.

May 18, 2006: Aarggh! I am sick. CNN is reporting how Bush will be back at 40% approval before November. This is the turn around for him. He hit bottom and is on the way up.

June 1, 2006: Even in red states, where Bush's margin was more than 5% in 2004, voters disapprove 52% to 39%. Said pollster Maurice Carroll: "Bush's job approval numbers remain in the cellar. But he might finally have hit bottom."