Among Americans registered to vote, 19% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 77% disapprove. When it comes to the way Bush is handling the economy, 18% of registered voters approve of the way Bush is handling the economy and 78% disapprove.

A total of 82% of Americans say the national economy is getting worse and 68% say the national economy is in a recession.

The results presented here are based on 1,100 completed telephone interviews conducted among a nationwide random sample of adults 18 years and older. The interviews were completed September 16 through 19, 2008. The theoretical margin of error for the total sample is plus or minus 2.6 percentage points, 95% of the time, on questions where opinion is evenly split.

It's hard to fathom that anyone in his/her right mind would want to continue the disastrous policies of George W Bush.

We're screwed in foreign affairs, we're screwed domestically. The NeoCon dream is a disaster.

Surely that's obvious to anyone not in an institution.

Bush isn't running for president.

*pats head*

You're a good little warrior, though.

I know!

Let's do some "McSame" flashcards.

Oh, but the GOP wants to continue the same policies as George W Bush.

Nice try, PINCHE. Thankfully, people are starting to get it.

You can have W in Texas. PLEASE keep him there once we get our country back. K?

Thankfully, people are starting to get it.

Yeah, we can tell.

I wish I was your Prozac dealer.

Prozac? Ha ha. Ya, sure, PINCHE

The whole country would need it if we were facing another 4 years of W instead of 4 months. But, considering the house of cards W's presidency was there's still time for that to happen.

It's easy to tell the American public is 'getting it' about W. It is only taking a short amount of time for the other holdouts to come to their senses. You all remind me of the Japanese soldiers who refused to surrender years after World War II ended.

McCain and his floozie offer more of the same. No thanks.

I think this 19% beats the all time low approval rate since polls were created.

PINCHE, why do guys like you hold onto such a losing ideology? Isn't it readily apparent to you what a mess W and his ideologies on everything from preemptive war to deregulation have created? Is your daddy propping you up so high you don't even understand how tough things are for so many people - all thanks to W's politices supported hand and foot by McCain all these years? Shouldn't it obvious what a disaster they've created?

(shaking head...baffled)

1 in 5 still think Bush is doing a good job? This country is in real trouble with a 20% moron load.

PINCHE

This is a form of an antidepressant:

Thats funny the REAL CLEAR POLITICS website average shows President George W. Bush's approval ratings at 32.9%.

Yeah, Congress was in GRRRRRRREAT shape until the Dems took over.

LOL

Thanks for the laughs.

"Bush isn't running for president."

Somebody said he is?

...................19 % ....??..............

......first thought is......no....impossible...who
could be so stupid........

....then if you ever see Jay Leno's Jaywalking segments....you realize that the public education system is failing this country.......turning out semi-retarded, dimly aware, barely functioning people by the millions.........

This is what listening to the MSM will get ya.

You know what this means? If 19% think he is doing well, that means we have 19% retarded people in this country but we only have 6 or 7 % unemployement.

So, we have 12% of our workforce that is retarded and working.

Thankfully, people are starting to get it.

Yeah, we can tell

5 point move for Obama in the RCP average in the last week. Palin better quit that grinnin' and drop that linen if she'd going to help MCranky. Even uber conservative George Will thinks he's Unfit to Lead.

DAMN.....he better suck up to someone or he is going to have that rate go even lower........pretty soon he will have the same low rate as the DEMOCRAT CONGRESS.............

and ng3.

nice little last exaggeration there about will.....

thats not what he said and you know it.

but hey..........who's counting context anyway

"....then if you ever see Jay Leno's Jaywalking segments....you realize that the public education system is failing this country.......turning out semi-retarded, dimly aware, barely functioning people by the millions........."

And we pour more money into education and get less for it. We have the Teacher's Union and the Dem's in Congress supporting them (and blocking vouchers and competition) to thank for it...

BL2

"John McCain showed his personality this week and made some of us fearful."

- George Will on ABC's "This Week", September 21, 2008

Some polls have the Democrat led Congress as low as 13%!!! Where is the headline for that??!!!

RCP shows Congress at 20%

And Bush at 32%

Uh, UTA...because CONGRESS isn't running for PRESIDENT!

SamBarber, King of the Obvious

MURPHY

Get rid of the obstructionist Republicans in Congress and an obstructionist Republican President and watch Congress' approval ratings rise.

Latest Generic Congressional Poll:

CBS News/NY Times 09/12 - 09/16

(D) 51 (R) 31 Democrats +20

-Gas prices have almost doubled in the last two years
-Our financial institutions are failing
-Unemployment is on the rise

If you stop and think about it, all this crap started happening after the Dems took control of Congress. It's no wonder their approval rating is lower than Bush's.

should they say "UP to 19%"

"Yeah, Congress was in GRRRRRRREAT shape until the Dems took over. LOL Thanks for the laughs." #12 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis

Congress hasn't been in great shape for decades. This congress just happen to be able to take shit and make is smell much worse.

In case anyone starts griping "no link".... here:

America 2000 - Doing well, thank you
America 2008 - Not doing well

What was the difference?

George Bush and the thugs who took over Congress in 2001 - undoing decades of regulation and acting like thugs.

The shine is off Obama too.

#17 | Posted by shirtsbyeric
1) We (DR) had this debate yesterday. Big crowds good for Palin/McCain "USA!USA!USA!". Big crowds for Obama/Biden, kool aid drinking libs....
2) Are you being racist by saying "Shine";-)

And we pour more money into education and get less for it. We have the Teacher's Union and the Dem's in Congress supporting them (and blocking vouchers and competition) to thank for it...

This is true because lets face it... unregulated capitalism is the way to go... oh wait....

Clinton is from the public school system in Arkansas... and he was a Rhodes Scholar.

Oh yeah he was the one that left the Nation with a budget surplus.

Mexico has a capitalist country why don't you move there.

Congress sucks because Democrats don't have sufficient votes to pass much and the republicans are too stupid to know how they are holding up progress.

The shine is off Obama too.
"Uncharacteristically low turnout for Barack Obama rally in Green Bay, Wisc.....There were an uncharacteristic amount of empty orange seats for Obama's rally."

The Obama campaign must have run out of free cartons of "vote early vote often" Newport Lights to hand out.

1 in 5 still think Bush is doing a good job? This country is in real trouble with a 20% moron load.

#9 | Posted by Buffalo_Bob at 2008-09-23 04:06 AM | Reply | Flag:

Relax Buffalo, one person's moron is simply another person's BuffaloBobS***.

Crowds, SHIRTSBYRIC?

When Palin is done speaking people leave in droves.

I just love the way people say "Congress" like they're all one party.

Congress sucks because Democrats don't have sufficient votes to pass much and the republicans are too stupid to know how they are holding up progress.
#33 | Posted by RightisTrite

Or, one could say, Pelosi and Reid are such feeble do-nothings with no negotiation skills and are suffering from such complete stasis, that they cannot even begin to figure out how to make it work within the conditions they have been given. Making things work with a clear 2/3 majority takes the skills possessed by a high school class tresurer. Making it work when you have to figure out how to negotiate and give and take and get consensus -- that takes real politicians with real skills. As mentioned on here by others from both sides of the argument, this is something Tip O'Neil was capable of which allowed him to work with Reagan. And skills which Pelosi and Reid can only dream of ever having. Why the Dems have left those two carbuncles in their positions this long is unfathomable. The ongoing "But we've only been in power for 2 years. We have no clear majority. What should we do? Oh woe is us" excuse is wearing thin, even among their fellow Dem members of Congress.

PubicSlough, you know less about politics than you do about history.

I just love the way people say "Congress" like they're all one party.

Yes. Agreed. Blame should, as it always does, fall squarely on the majority party. They have control of the reins. Or should.

Yeah, Congress was in GRRRRRRREAT shape until the Dems took over.

Thanks for the laughs.

#12 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis

Their rating is 8%

PubicSlough, you know less about politics than you do about history.

You planning to back up that lazy-ass retort with details, or are you just tossing the usual troll nade?

"Bush isn't running for president."

YEAH!

But w-IS-god.

Sincerely

Bushlover2

"Their rating is 8%"

Yet they're poised to take seats from the Republicans in both the House and the Senate in November. Therefore, the Republicans must really, really suck.

Their rating is 8%
#41 | Posted by Sniper at 2008-09-23 02:27 PM

YEAH!

But it's already been established on my program numerous times that Bush is the Unitary Executive and therefore never had to consult congress!

Sincerely

Sean "The Ewok" Hannity

DUMB: Pick up a copy of "Tip O'Neil and the Democratic Century" at your local library. Read about O'Neil and Reagan drinking together at night after a day of hardball. Read how O'Neil outmaneuvered Reagan despite the Dem House being in a similarly weak position to Pelosi's. If the Dems had strong leaders they could disembowel the Bush WH. Pelosi has been outplayed time and again by the administration. She explicitly took impeachment off the table in 2006 in a public statement, thereby caving in before she even got control of the House. She promised the first 100 hours of change and then fell on her face in the first 2 weeks and never recovered. Her management style leaves her widely unliked by her Dem cohorts. She's a failure. What facts don't I have right, llama?

Yes. Agreed. Blame should, as it always does, fall squarely on the majority party. They have control of the reins. Or should.

What are you talking about? The Democrats may be a majority in numbers but certainly not enough of a majority to get their bills passed.

Democrats now control the Senate by a razor-thin 51 to 49, and 2 of those 51 are "independents" -- one of whom is Senator Lieberman who spoke at the GOP convention so you may as well count him as a Republican for all intent and purposes.

The Democrats do not have enough members in the Senate to override a Bush veto nor do they have enough to stop any Republican filibuster of their proposed bills. The Republicans constantly use filibusters to prevent a number of the Democrat's bills from getting through.

So in all fairness, you cannot say the Democrats aren't doing this or that when they do not have a true "majority" in the Senate. Sometimes that's a good thing when the Democrats seek to pass some very liberal legislation but pro-when we need the Dems to provide a counterattack to Bush's often devasting proposals they do not have the needed numbers in the Senate.

As long as History remembers George W Bush as the greatest FAILURE of a US President, I'll be happy!

Love that deficit spending, don't ya' slough?

Who will make it to zero first? Congress or Bush?

What should we do? Oh woe is us" excuse is wearing thin, even among their fellow Dem members of Congress.

#38 | Posted by PublicTrough at 2008-09-23 02:25 PM

Not sure what the big surprise is reagarding their ability to govern. They ran on the campaign it can never be their fault. It is always someone elses fault. They can only do so much because of the enormous burdens they face. They didn't create this problem. Isn't this is what they instill on their voters? Don't they want them to believe they are never at fault? They never expected this would work and don't have a clue what to do.

So far the Bush administration has screwed up two wars, the prevention of and response to terrorism, at least one natural disaster, the constitution, the justice system, the environment, the economy, America's reputation and its foreign policy. There are still over 100 days left before they are removed from power so there's plenty of time for at least one more screwup. Is there anything left that they haven't screwed up or will they have to recycle?

In light of all that 19% seems a bit high.

Doesn't Fidel Castro have a higher approval rating in America?

SAMBA time!!

How LOW can you go!

How LOW can you go!!

How LOW can you GO!!!

Ok, DUMB, so troll you are. Action = ignore.

So in all fairness, you cannot say the Democrats aren't doing this or that when they do not have a true "majority" in the Senate. Sometimes that's a good thing when the Democrats seek to pass some very liberal legislation but pro-when we need the Dems to provide a counterattack to Bush's often devasting proposals they do not have the needed numbers in the Senate.

Cali is exactly correct. The dems need not do anything. They have the best of all worlds politically. They don't have to show their incredible ineptness, they don't have to answer to all the campaign lies from 2006. All they need to do is remind people how bad Bush and the repubs have been since 2000. The complicit media has no problem echoing this mantra and continue to give the majority party this kind of print. Apparently enough people are too stupid to see they (dems) are clueless or think it is an excuse for their individual shortcomings. Misery loves company?

The Democrats do not have enough members in the Senate to override a Bush veto nor do they have enough to stop any Republican filibuster of their proposed bills. The Republicans constantly use filibusters to prevent a number of the Democrat's bills from getting through.

So in all fairness, you cannot say the Democrats aren't doing this or that when they do not have a true "majority" in the Senate.

I see your point, Chris, but my stance is that the current Dem leadership is not the first to run into a situation where they need to reach across the aisle, or even need to work to divide and conquer the linked legions across the aisle, in order to pick up some votes from the opposition. One can argue that the Repubs have closed ranks and will not allow members to break and run on a bill by bill basis. My argument is that if Pelosi can't break that logjam, then try getting someone else who can. And you mention Lieberman.. why did he stick it to the Dems in the 2008 campaign? Maybe because he got screwed over by them in the CT race due to the same kind of Pelosi-style intractability by the party. There is not alot of daylight between the Dems and Repubs when it comes to demanding allegiance to the platform. Pelosi has carried that forward in her party, and is unable to counter it in the Repubs across the aisle.

obama is still going to lose the election.

The Dems suck. They are constantly scared to rock the boat and perhaps be caught saying something that will be unpopular. They have also be complicite in many of the more destructive policies are government has persued over recent years. They worry about nothing but covering their asses.

That said, the Dems' weakness means the GOP has been able to do whatever it wants for almost eight years. Only a retard would believe "The Dems failed to stop the GOP from fucking up the country" is a legimate defense of the GOP - which is why I could have predicted which posters would be posting that kind of shit here......

Thankfully, people are starting to get it.

Yeah, we can tell.

#5 | Posted by Pinche_Mao at 2008-09-23 03:26 AM | Reply |

No kidding. Are you guys really that retarded?

Lessons in humility: this is what McCain is going through.....

Coma and revival ----

1. He was written off in the run for the primary, and then surprised everybody by clinching it. (Hillary was protecting her INEVITABILITY and lost it to Obama).

2. Till the DNC in August, many pundits and the liberal media thought Obama is the one --- then comes Palin and McCain regained his mojo.

3. Now the economic mess that left many wanting to blame the reps more than the dems.... and McCain is struggling to keep his head above the water (luckily Obama isn't doing much better than McCain either).

Americans have short memories and with three debates to go, it is still anyone's guess who will be the next President. Anything can happen in October.

******************************
***

Oh, coming to Bush, like it or not, and many will not acknowledge right away, but Bush will exit office with dignity and vindication. History will be kinder to him than the liberal media and Hollyweird crowd.

This is one more thing that worries me about McCain- Palen. McCain brags that he voted with Bush 90% of the time. Now, reporters again are being kept away
from Palen. They were not allowed in to televise her meeting with the foreign leader. This Bush secrecy will go on under McCain. He will not allow an audience to question her and won't let reporters question her. Are they hiding her/their ignorance? What else can it be? She is a pretty face, but has nothing else going for her.Secrecy in government means more of Rove, Cheney, Bush. What does it take for people to realize how dangerous and inadequate the Republican ticket is this time?Pathetic is the WORD.

Your spelling tells us a lot about you. Republicans controlled the White House. They controlled the Senate. They controlled the House and most of the Governorships. Now just how would the Democrats stop the Republican lunacy? They were outnumbered and outvoted. Every time they tried to accomplish anything, Bush stated that he would veto it before he even read it. Start reading the news and current events. You probably are not too old to learn.

What does it take for people to realize how dangerous and inadequate the Republican ticket is this time?Pathetic is the WORD.

What word comes to mind when the subject is the majority party of both houses? Which Obama has close to a hundred percent voting record. Can it be said he will be as inept as his party leaders?

He will not allow an audience to question her and won't let reporters question her.

Why should he? They are holding their own by shutting out what they consider to be a biased media. Even if giving full accesss to her is the right thing to do, and even if the media is truly unbiased, why change strategy if what they are doing now seems to be working?

Obama/Biden and McCain/Palin each have the exact same goal: Be elected by end of day Nov 5th. Everything they each do is toward that goal.

The tendency to plan the wedding without regard to the marriage is, I agree, pathetic. And in 2008, is owned by both parties equally.

"History will be kinder to him than the liberal media ..." - Takitez

Two problems. First, historians tend toward left of center. Second, the more info which is revealed about this administration, the worse it looks.

but he doesnt get enough credit for iraq. winning
the iraq war should account for something.

God Almighty, McDuff, winning WHAT? This war is far FAR from over. Iraq is the starting point, not the end point, in our quest for a safer world.

Many more millions will have to die before we can feel safe in our beds at night. The true patriots know what measures we must take in order to deliver our nation from the evil that lurks in the darker corners of this sordid world.

In fact, this war can never end. Somewhere, at this moment, a child is being born who will harbor a grudge against America's crusade to bring democracy to the unenlightened.

Today's infant is tomorrow's enemy. Resistance will be futile. So sayeth our hero's spilled blood that must nourish the tree of liberty.

Today's infant is tomorrow's enemy. Resistance will be futile.

You are about 20 years to late. Those born a couple of decades ago are the enemy of today. Maybe had their parents been punished back then....

"Maybe had their parents been punished back then...."

That's right, Crispee. You have the right insticts.

Bush's doctrine of preemptive warfare should extend to everyone not born in this country. Especially if God made them brown. And a case by case basis for determining who should live and who should die is too time consuming. Which is why our unwritten policy of just killing them all is so effective.

Onward Christian Soldiers.

"You are about 20 years to late. Those born a couple of decades ago are the enemy of today. Maybe had their parents been punished back then....

#69 | Posted by crispee_oc"

If their parents and grandparents had NOT been punished, tortured, killed or made into refugees then by their authoritarian governments with both Democrat and Republican administrations helping covertly or even overtly their offspring would be less likely to be our enemies today.

Bush has gone even further in Iraq and Venezuela and probably elsewhere like Iran that we don't know about to guarantee a good supply of enemies now and for at least the next two generations.

That's right, Crispee. You have the right insticts.

It's a shame yours are so skewed. Maybe you can tell me what difference the skin color made that took down the Pan Am flight over Scotland? Or the hundreds of other terror related attacks targeting Americans? Or the color of skin which bombed the Marines in Beirut? How about the 1993 WTC? The USS Cole? I guess in your mind it is all coincidental which race or region of the world was responsible. Of course in the mindset of you and the other libs, we were never hated until Bush took office.

Bush has gone even further in Iraq and Venezuela and probably elsewhere like Iran that we don't know about to guarantee a good supply of enemies now and for at least the next two generations.

Yeah them dictators were always friends of America. Right Blue?

Bush has gone even further in Iraq and Venezuela and probably elsewhere like Iran that we don't know about to guarantee a good supply of enemies now and for at least the next two generations.

#71 | Posted by BlueInBushland at 2008-09-23 06:07 PM |

Could you please provide proof to the Venezula and Iran accusations? Links to documents would be nice. Not dem talking point blogs, thank you.

Thamk you.

The bush supporters are always blaming liberals, congress, anti god crowd or somebody for society not implementing all your fucked up ideology.

Newsflash retards.. you have been living the republican wet dream the last 8 years( 12 years of congress) and it fucking sucks.

You assholes couldn't run a lemonade stand much less a country.. you had your chance so shut the fuck up and sit down children.

If the dems fuck up then we can have a revolution..

"Could you please provide proof to the Venezula and Iran accusations? Links to documents would be nice. Not dem talking point blogs, thank you.

#74 | Posted by cabo_vato"

There are links to well-informed real journalists and reporters that make a far better case than I could for Bush administration involvement in the failed Venezuela coup of 2002 and constant meddling in Iran dating at least from the Mossadeq coup in the early 1950's that put the despotic Shah in power.

You can google as well as I can if you're really interested to know but I somehow doubt that you are.

If I'm wrong about your openmindedness here's one to start the ball rolling.

If the dems fuck up then we can have a revolution..

Uurp! On second thought, pass the clicker and the Cheetos.

"Yeah them dictators were always friends of America. Right Blue?

#73 | Posted by crispee_oc"

Can't speak to Venezuela pre-Chavez without looking it up and I suppose it's just about possible that our meddling there was trivial or even non-existent. Not likely though.

The Shah of Iran was our friend , enjoyed our support and he was a brutal dictator. Don't believe me, check out Savak.

There are links to well-informed real journalists and reporters that make a far better case than I could for Bush administration involvement

#76 | Posted by BlueInBushland at 2008-09-23 06:57 PM

If you can not back up your statement shut the fuck up.

****** Doesn't Fidel Castro have a higher approval rating in America?

....... Posted by tiger150 *******

..........Fidel is not running a deficit.........

Then move there...........

***** Then move there...........
...... Posted by cabo_vato ******

.......why would I move there?........

.....I just pointed out the obvious........

It's still 10% above the democratic congress.

McCain=Bush!

now arrest me!

Why is it that when you are trying to prove a point you go the most obscure source you can find on this site.

ARG is a very left-leaning (based in New Hampshire) pollster. If you look on Real Clear Politics ARG is alway 8-10 points off from EVERYONE else and usually leaning left.

The latest RCP average of all the polls as of Monday for Bush's numbers was;

RCP Average 09/08 - 09/21 31.5

RCP 'Generic Congressional Vote' Dem/Reb:

" the DEMOCRATIC controled Congress approvial rating is still way below Bush."

Yet Democrats are poised to pick up several seats in the House and at least 3-4 in the Senate. Go figure.

It must really suck to be a Republican.

49 R
49-D
2-I

Let's stop the BS about the Dem controlled Congress.

BRWO,

Do you know the difference between Congress and Senate? If not, finish High School and come back.

BRWO,

Also, one of the independents in you flawed retort is Joe Lieberman who still caucuses with the Dems and votes with the dems on most issues.

"one of the independents in you flawed retort is Joe Lieberman who still caucuses with the Dems and votes with the dems on most issues."

How does that change Robert's Rules of Order, or the fact Republicans broke the all-time record for cloture refusal, in less than half the time?

Give me 41 Senators and a President with a veto pen, and NO ONE will get anything done. Pass a law? Hell, you won't even be able to close a debate, as the current Republicans prove.

Are you sure there wasn't a (-)negative sign in front of that 19% ?

(grin) the man (G.W. that is) is a one man
wrecking ball...

W may break even THIS record after all the facts of this 'crisis' are revealed.

The WH knew about this weeks ago and even had the Paulson plan in place then. Did they request urgent meetings weeks ago with Congressional leaders?

Except for one 2 minute, one paragraph, statement a week ago not a peep out of America's President over this crisis that now demands Congress come up with a bill in a week.

WTG Georgie Boy. You're NOT doing a heck of a job!