Bush Falls to Pre-9/11 Approval Rating

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-tumble2oct02,1,5297000.story?coll=la-home-leftrail

Beset by reversals at home and abroad, President Bush has seen his job-approval rating tumble to its level before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and he now faces an electorate as narrowly split as in the 2000 election, new polls have found.

In a succession of surveys, Bush's support has eroded — amid public anxiety over the rising price tag and casualty count in Iraq and the continued sluggishness of the domestic economy — to the point where Americans divide almost exactly in half on whether he is doing a good job as president and whether they prefer him or a Democrat in the 2004 election.

Both in its precarious balance and its sharp polarization along lines of partisanship, race and education, the country's assessment of Bush today closely resembles the achingly close divide that defined the 2000 vote and the first months of his presidency.

"We are back to where we were in 2000 and where we were on Sept. 10 <2001>," said Andrew Kohut, director of the nonpartisan Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. "In a sense, we are back to square one."

[KoKo]

1. A quick take on this is Bullshit! We are a year away from election......

this is clip from the article sounds like a whine....or someone pushing an agenda in the article.

To early to predict whether the mobs of newly awkened Americans will overthrow the Chimp......but if things keep going the way they seem to be going.....the Bush gang will be the most unpopular group who has ever resided in the WH.........!

[diplomats]

2. This is good news and bad news

The good news is Bush is dropping. The bad news is if the electorate is divided like in 2000 the election will be clsoe enough for Bush to steal again. That's my fear.

[Beetwasher]

3. I don't think it will be closel divided again

There were many who voted for Bush holding their noses. They won't make that mistake again. They may still steal the election, but that's another story...