Bush's Troubles Shake the GOP Base (33% Pew Poll)

http://pewresearch.org/reports/?ReportID=26

As public approval of George W. Bush languishes at all-time low levels, supporters of the president are increasingly hard to find. In the months following his re-election, roughly half of the country rated Bush's job performance favorably. Today only a third of Americans do so, while more than half (56%) disapprove of his performance. These latest figures are based on a Pew Research Center survey conducted April 27-May 22, among a national sample of 3,204 adults, a large enough survey to allow for a more detailed breakdown of where and how opinion has changed since the election.

While the decline in support transcends ideological and demographic lines, the drop among one group – moderate Republicans – has been especially steep. Among all Republicans, Bush's job approval rating has dropped 20 percentage points since December 2004 (from 89% to 69%). This erosion of support has been most severe among Republicans describing themselves as moderate or liberal, where his rating has dropped 25 points from 81% to 56%.

Conservative Republican support for Bush has also declined, but more gradually. Approval among this group was nearly unanimous (93%) following his re-election, and stands 15 points lower at 78% today.

But there are far more conservatives than moderates in the GOP; as many as two-thirds of Republicans identify themselves as conservative. This means that even though the drop off in their support has been more gradual, the implications are no less serious. Translated into real numbers, just as many conservative Republicans as moderate and liberal Republicans have grown frustrated with the president's leadership over the past year-and-a-half. While a much larger share of moderate and liberal Republicans disapprove of the president, they make up only a minority of the GOP.

rove has got to be scratching his head trying to figure out the next ploy.

Now, if only we can PROVE Bush had sadomasochistic oral sex with Arthur Ashe!

Victor is the alleged boooosh squeeze; Arthur was the tennis star.

Widespread discontent becomes more obvious; the numbers reflected in elections don't match the number of people showing dissatisfaction in polls. Happened with exit polling, but no one made a fuss about it.

I think the chimp gang actually believed their own bullshit but when you have to steal to get in you have to work hard to get people really on your side. All the MISadministration did was antagonize EVERYONE.

You've nailed it !

We've know all along that the elections were stolen, but we haven't been able to quite figure out what exactly to do about it.
NOW, will they blatantly try it again, with 80% of the country against them ? I think not.

MSM won't do their job, but We The People have ways to deal with this shit.

Or is he? I've never seen such a succession of government failures in our country (not since the Civil War) since Bush took office in 2000.

The MSM is part of the key here, because they 'shape' such a large majority of the Peoples' reality of the world around them. I hate to say it, but it's true; TV shapes reality, while reality is monitored by TV stations. The propaganda in America is frightening, which is its intent.

are racking their brains right now....how do they get that fear back into the populace? Another attack anyone?...they are desperate.....

About 1 year ago, someone wrote that the Repubs and their Election Theft was only good for a reasonable margin, like maybe 5%, maybe 10%. The voters might be fooled into believing they won fair & square.

But if it was a really large margin, it was treading on thin ice. People can only be fooled up to a certain point, and then all hell breaks loose.

They could start a civil war if it's too outrageous.