CBS has Bush at 42%? Big deal. He was at 42% exactly ONE year ago.

[TruthIsAll]

But the American people loved him enough in Nov. to deliver
him a mandate.

<sarcasm off>

Nothing has ever stuck to him.
And unless he is impeached, nothing ever will.


*****************   Bush Job Rating Jan-Nov 2004
***************

Date	Nwk	Fox	Gallup	Pew	Harris	CBS	ABC	Time	NBC	AP	Zogby	 Avg 

401	50	58	60	56	na	50	58	54	54	56	49 54.5 
402	48	48	51	48	51	50	50	54	na	47	na 49.7 
403	48	48	49	46	na	51	50	na	50	48	na 48.8 
404	49	50	52	48	48	46	51	49	na	48	47 48.6 

405	42	48	47	44	na	41	47	46	47	48	42 45.2 

406	48	49	48	50	42	47	na	45	48	46   na    47.0 
407	47	47	46	na	45	50	50	48	50	49   46    47.8 
408	51	51	46	48	46	50	51	47	49	44   na    48.0 
409	48	50	52	46	45	48	50	53	47	54	47 49.1 
410	46	47	46	44	na	49	53	53	49	47	49 48.3 
411	46	49	51	44	na	44	53	53	49	47	49 48.5 

[BlueStateModerate]

1. Give it time

The general trend has been downwards since the beginning of his presidency, with the exception of a couple spikes. If the trend contines without another attack, he'll be in the 30's within the next year or so. After that point, though, I don't think it will go down much more. No one will be able to make Bush seem infallable to about a third of the population.

[senseandsensibility]

3. Well, I hope you're right

and welcome to DU! I think the OP's point, though, is that the media will do whatever is necessary to lift his poll numbers out of the basement,as they appear to have done a year ago. In addition, since the elections can be stolen through paperless voting machines owned by repukes, polls don't matter during elections. Then, also, since * is a second term resident, what difference to poll numbers make? It seems that the vast majority of his repuke congress will still rubber stamp him for the most part, and don't get me started on the DINOs!

[Nite Owl]

2. This time though

his numbers seem to be down in all areas. The number for the 'liking the direction the country is taking' and 'does he have the same goals as you' stuff is way down. Short of an attack I don't know what he can do to save this, no one likes what he wants from Social Security on down. Scarey times we are in.

[CTLawGuy]

4. its not that people loved Bush

but the sad and unpopular truth is that people didn't like Bush, but they couldn't see Kerry as a reasonable replacement. Essentially, they stayed with the devil they knew.

[TruthIsAll]

5. Wrong. He stole it. Big time. Go to the 2004 elections forum.

Its amazing how many DUers (outside of 2004 Elections) believe Bush actually won.

YOU MUST EDUCATE YOURSELVES.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x377962

[CTLawGuy]

6. does it show how Kerry lost 140,000 net votes in Ohio?

This is not 537 votes in Florida, this is a lot of people.

Im sure there was fraud, but I have yet to be persuaded that enough was perpetrated to give kerry the state.