Bush Approval inches up to 42%.

According to Rasmussen, the most accurate polling organization in 2004.

June 13, 2006

Forty-two percent (42%) of Americans approve of the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President. Fifty-seven percent (57%) disapprove.
Those figures include 20% of Americans who Strongly Approve and 40% who Strongly Disapprove. Overall, the President earns Approval from 46% of men and 39% of women.

This should remind us that we must not be complacent. This week has been good for Bush with a new Iraqi government installed, a visit to Baghdad, and Rove gettingn off the hook. Politics can turn on a time, and we must remain vigilant and work hard between now and November to win...assuming all the votes are counted.

The good news is there is still a great disparity between those who strongly approve and strongly disapprove: 40% strongly disapprove, and only 20% strongly approve. That should lead to higher Democratic, anti-Bush turnout come November. Hopefully, it will be enough to overcome any shenanigans in the vote counting and we will at least retake the House.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm

Doesn't seem as if they should be that far apart.

But I just want to add a dose of reality here to keep us all focused. I'm not saying the CBS poll is wrong, but it is a fact that Rasmussen was the most accurate poll in 2004.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/12/opinion/polls/main1703346.shtml

BUSH’S JOB APPROVAL

Now
Approve---33%
Disapprove----------60%

May 2006
Approve---35%
Disapprove----------60%

This poll was conducted among a nationwide random sample of 659 adults,
interviewed by telephone June 10-11, 2006.
The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could
be plus or minus four percentage points. Error for subgroups may be higher.

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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/

President Bush Job Approval
Poll------------------Date----------Approve-----Disapprove-----Spread
RCP Average------06/05 - 06/11-------36.8%--------59.3%.........-22.5%

I just don't believe it.

It has been inching upward for the past week.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm

all within a couple days.... lol.

news day.

just "Aweing" the WHOLE WORLD....

Bush II the Conqueror.......

:rofl:

Consideration of that question should help us all feel a little bit better.

It's safe to say that much more shit is hitting the fan *against* Bush before long.

nt

is working. Josh Bolten & Tony Snow are playing the media like a fiddle, and wobbly Bush voters are grasping at straws so they can sleep at night.

As you mentioned, the strong disapproval for Bush is twice his strong approval. :woohoo:

Indicted or not, Rove still has an aura of ickiness about him. He's now free to focus on the midterms--but everybody, not just hard-core Dems, now knows what the phrase "Rovian tactics" means. I don't think swiftboating will get the free pass it did in 2004.

Also, Rove was whispering in Bush's ear all this time about immigration, Social Security reform, etc, and Bush's numbers were still in the potty. I don't think the administration's recent bad polling is due to Rove's being "distracted"--I think they've just jumped the shark and most of the public is finally on to them.

I completely agree that we shouldn't be complacent, but I'm still looking forward to November. For one thing, assuming the news about no indictment is true not just for now but forever, I bet it's because Rove squealed on Cheney. Having the Republican VP tainted by this scandal is even better for us in November than if Rove were busted.

these are still poor numbers. Still, we MUST be pro-active about working towards victory this November.

First thing I thought. And this "jump" is oh so temporary. Funny they didn't do this later, more towards fall. Now there's PLENTY of time for the polls to drop to new historic lows.

Even the best-looking poll for Bush still looks bad for Republicans, but we must not become complacent. I am really expecting something to happen with Iran before November.

Though there is no guarentee that it will work. It may backfire too.

as well as 22 more dead Iraqis.

...However, as Mr Bush was lavishing praise on Mr Maliki's new administration, violence continued in the war-torn country. A coordinated wave of suicide attacks and remote-controlled bombs rocked the northern oil city of Kirkuk, leaving at least 22 people dead and wounding 43. The president was expected to be in Baghdad a little more than five hours. A press black-out was in place on the trip, which was known only to a handful of aides and a small number of journalists.

He boarded Air Force One from the back rather than the front, wearing a baseball cap and a shirt with no tie.

"The Potus is on board," he called out, an acronym for President of the United States. Eleven hours later, the presidential jet landed in hazy daylight at Baghdad airport, and Mr Bush was transferred to a helicopter for the six-minute ride to the green zone. ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1796720,00.html?gusrc=rss

:sarcasm:

no way it can jump that high.

Since Rasmussen polls daily, it can be used to compare one day's Rasmussen to another day's Rasmussen. 42% is not unusual for Bush in the Rasmussen so it shows no real bump. Bush got nothing out of catching Zarqawi or his gay bashing amendment.

Whatever bounce Bush might get out of going to Iraq, he'll lose when people realize that he'll come home.

surprising. I'll go with the 33% CBS gave the chimp yesterday. Ras has had Bush between 39-42 for months.

And even if he did get a temporary spike from Zarqawi and Democratic scandals, 42% is nothing to brag about.