Confidence In Bush Slipping

[Seneca]

Confidence In Bush Slipping

(CBS) With the election now 13 months away, President Bush finds his ratings near the low-water mark of his presidency, reports CBS News Chief White House Correspondent John Roberts.

His overall job approval hovers just above 50 percent – almost back to where he was before 9/11, and way down from his stratospheric ratings of 89 percent following the attacks on America.

White House officials say they expected the numbers to slide, but the dramatic drop has them troubled. The president's marks on foreign policy have hit new lows (44 percent approval), half of Americans (50 percent) don't have confidence in his ability to handle an international crisis, and a majority (53 percent) now believes the war in Iraq wasn't worth it – a big change from the heady days after the swift defeat of Saddam.

"Landing on the carrier, declaring the conflict over, this Romanesque sort of victory parade, certainly did raise the stakes," says historian James T. Smith. "And now those expectations are falling because people are seeing that the Iraq situation is not going according to plan."

Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/02/eveningnews/main576341.shtml

[Mari333]

1. Im surprised they are that high

People must REALLY have their heads buried in their asses to have it more then 5% approval

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. And there isn't anything on the horizon to save him

Unlike the others who pulled themselves out.

Aside from the false the wartime propaganda that the recession "ended in 2001" what good news is there these days?

Like his father, he is a lowly subhuman propped up by generations of inherited wealth.

[Skittles]

3. I find it shocking

that anyone could ever have had any confidence in that snivelling little fuckwit.

[TahitiNut]

4. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=145785