Bush’s approval rating rises to 42 percent

WASHINGTON - President Bush’s improved standing with whites, men, Catholics and other core supporters has been a key factor in pushing his job approval rating up to 42 percent. That’s the highest level since summer.

Shifting into campaign mode to reverse his slide in public opinion polls, Bush has boosted his support among key constituency groups — particularly in the Northeast and West — on his handling of Iraq and the economy, an AP-Ipsos poll found.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10399472/

and the democratic machine is sputtering as usual.

What has this guy done any differently? It's all words. What has changed? Nothing.

It's all about holiday shopping and the fact that the stock market hasn't tanked. Let's see what happens at earnings time - especially with the darlings of Wall Street - Ford and GM. The housing market is already slowing too. Have you noticed lately how difficult it is to not find things made in China?

As long as Bush says nothing, does nothing, and hides out somewhere else, he looks pretty good.

and America's short-term memory being what it is, that's long enough for the sheeple to go back to sleep.

it drives me nuts!!!

What the heck has improved? What? How can 40+% support this man? Did they forget everything? Do they not care? Is it because a new TV season has started, and they got sucked into Lost/The O.C./American Idol/etc.?

president?

If something doesn't effect folks directly and personally, who cares?

...but they are going back up again. My guess is that the oil company executives manipulated the prices to coincide with the first rush of Christmas/Holiday/Whatever buying, which put the sheep-like consumer masses into a trance-like state so the later would whip out their Slavery-Debt cards and buy, buy, buy. Now that the flock has been fleeced, gas prices are back up again (up a nickel in my area from Thursday).

On another note, my prediction is that ChimpBush's popularity won't survive first contact with next year's hurricane season (forecasts are currently calling for a season that will be as active as the past one).

We got our first huge gas & electric bill this year.

<sarcasm> I can't wait....

oh well, it's not like people need to heat their homes or go to work or anything... </sarcasm>

I'm figuring my gas bill goes from a max $125 each month to $225. That sucks. I don't mind paying for gasoline. Love my car, but rarely drive in winter and I can get around by bike and train in the city, plus the whole point is that gasoline is something frequently wasted unlike natural gas. This is gonna be a hard year for people, like my next door neighbors whose gas bill hit $400 one month last year. They can look forward to $700.

polls can be fixed.

It means nothing.

the past 2 years. Maybe people are in a trance listening to the same thing over and over.

Then again we are still dealing with the lower 1/2 of the American IQ curve.

If we're to believe this horseshit.

The malaise will set back in as the fallen keep landing in Dover...

And little else is really "accomplished" in IRAQoslavia....

:hi:

come out.

that msn wants. I mean, what with the job cuts in the auto industry, the cold weather and the cost to keep warm, and even though people are talking about the drop in gasoline prices IT IS STILL EXPENSIVE AND BEYOND THE POCKETBOOKS OF THOSE WITH MINIMUM WAGE (OR NO) JOBS. These crappy polls do not reach out to the silent majority, the ones really paying the price for the ultra rich's tax breaks.

We need, we desperately need, a movement to get the poor and the young out to vote. The poor are always underrepresented because they don't vote. In Omaha it is a historical fact that the poorest sections of town have always had the lowest voter turnout. And I have a really strong suspicion that it's the same all over the country.

Now I truly believe that dems won the last two elections. But not by a large enough margin to prevent the theft of same. We need to get a larger chunk of the population to register, and then to get to the polls. (I'm forgetting to include the elderly who, what with all the crap that this administration has done to them are another untapped source of votes.)

Anyway, I am sure that these polls don't ask the people their opinions. If they did, you would be hearing different numbers.

if we could get the people stirred up motivated we'de slaughter these evil bastards. We have to find an issue and answer that will resonate with them.

All polls are slanted. Face it. But I imagine that the President's poll ratings did improve when he masked his amnesty plan as a "guest worker" program after he actually went to look at the US-Mexican border for a change.

You might not know it in Massachusetts but we are being over run with illegal immigrants.

Anyone who believes his rheoteric, deserves him, but I wish they wouldn't drag the rest of us down with them. As far as I know, Bush hasn't done one positive thing for this counry. :evilfrown: :smoke:

Every fresh scandal (or new episode of an old scandal) will make that number drop.

Alert the media!

Bush's MASSIVE Unpopularity must have flown under their radar!

Funny. They RARELY miss such a HUGE story!

during the Congressional recess. Howard Dean's foot in mouth blurting has also helped. Furthermore, there has been some positive economic news.

Television. Lack of school funding. Money in politics. If over 10% of this country is in love with the fake cheerleader called Bush, then we are in very deep trouble.

It's time to start over.

This is the week where I lost all hope. I see it as clear as day. America is gone.

no matter HOW many times the truth ( DSM, PNAC ) is placed in front of them. no matter how their lives are negatively affected by *'s policies. i know. i am married to one of them!

...Just before a slow, crushing slide downwards to the 2006 midterms.

If they manufacture other news, why would "ratings" be any exempt?

Besides, with each proceeding press conference, he gets less and less applause. He repeats and repeats himself...a tactic clearly NOT working anymore.

And Karl Rove is clearly is "hot water"...as is Rummy. And Darth. Who on earth would give Shrub the vote of confidence with no one around to make his decisions?

I say he's STILL in the 30's...IF he's lucky. My guess is high-20's. And that's ONLY because of the Barney Christmas (I mean "Holiday") video.

when B. Willaims of NBC interviews bush for the evening news segment. You will see Williams all aglow with news that bush is rebounding, and would not surprise me in the least that on that segment Willaims will produce the latest wall street journal nbc news poll and have bush at 44%... what a bunch of reprobates our news media has become. As one site used to say. We tried to bring the mediawhores to their knees but found they were already there.....

Christ sake.

"President Bush’s improved standing with whites, men,..."

Why?

I'm a white male who's beginning to hate his "own kind.":grr:

And one out of 20 polls is even farther out than that. That is probably all that is going on here.

He maybe fell to that, but he never had to rise to that. What does that say about Bush?

1) "...on his handling of Iraq..."

Pretending everything's fine really works. No visible caskets + "Plan For Victory" speech = TV audience happy!

2) "...and the economy."

Wait for the post-Christmas layoffs and the credit card bills.

asking?

into campaign mode? That's all he DOES is campaign, and at our expense, too!

i was polled 6 times in fla before the war..and the questions were so slanted..and i got "it " after the first polling..they asked if i was a dem or repug ..and when i said dem..they said thanks and hung up..i then said i was repug when they called and then was asked the questions in which i answered in the negative across the board..

itrs selective polling...and i will never trust the polling again..
the only polling that did not ask what i was registered as ..was pew polling!

fly

methinks I smell a rat

I find it very suspicious and utterly implausible. I think the
country pretty much has the REAL picture.

Fraudulent polls,

Fraudulent voting,

Fraudulent machines,

Fraudulent counting=

FRAUDULENT COUNTRY.

so the price of gas is down a bit and we got some happy talk from the WH about the economy... and it's "Merry CHRISTMAS", for G-d's sake!

Our Democratic leaders must put forth a clear and consistent message to combat the republican pr machine. We need to be in campaign mode! Bush has proven he is a failure time and time again.

otherwise, get out your cans of "Repug Lite" for '06 and '08.

With the price decrease in gasoline his poll rating went up. True Americans knowing the truth about the war the rising health care and jobs going overseas disapprove of this administration. The price of gas will go up and heat cost will rise than check back on his poll ratings.

He's at fucking 42% 42%!!

That used to be a LOW "talking point"/barrier not too long ago.

in hand cuffs and leg chains for all his war crimes.

They should do a poll of lapsed Catholics and see where his rating is with them. How about his rating with women of color? May I see the pathetic results of that poll, please?

Oh. Wait. What am I thinking. Can't have a poll that would result in a horribly negative story about Little Boots, can we.

Gas prices just went up 4 cents a gallon in two days where I live. Plus the winter heating bills haven't kicked in yet and the credit card doubling of minimum payments won't start until Janurary. Happy HOLIDAYS!!!

42%? How fabulous! What a winner he is! See how everyone loves our great leader?

The republican about-face since Goldwater's loss in 64 has been rooted in the successful application of propaganda for and about all sectors of society.

When Democrats learn to apply coherent and effective counterpropaganda (which is in most aspects identical in methodology and guiding principles to propaganda), things will start to change.

criticize gutless stands vis a vis Bush, and real leftists and minorities are the ones
these people dismiss with contempt. Sometimes I can see they are not that far apart.

And why on earth would Catholics support a cold-hearted war-monger??? Someone please tell me, I am not Catholic but I had the impression the religion fostered love and peace.

...we DESERVE to get wiped out by a 20 mile wide asteroid.

This is truely a self-destruct nation. No need to be afraid of terrorism. Hell we can terrorise ourselves to "death"!

:eyes:

and became instantly depressed.

Where is Fitzpatrick on the leak? Why has the MSM dropped it? What about Fritz and the SEC? And Tom Delay? What about Duke Cunningham? Shouldn't that merit at least more than just one day? Instead, they gave a lot of airtime to the SOBs who pounced on Dean last week.

I believe the short attention span of America is directly tied to the news channel's equally short attention news. Either that or they're trying to be "nice". Either way, I am feeling defeatist right now, so I'll just sulk in a corner.

Catholics" must be delusional..maybe they'll come to their senses before smirk ruins America.