In fact, as with The Post's poll, the AP poll shows

there is no longer a single area in which the public approves of the job Bush is doing

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(emphasis added)

In the just-out Associated Press/Ipsos poll , Bush's job approval ratings and the public's confidence in the direction he's taking the nation are both at their lowest levels ever.

A whopping 55 percent of those polled actually disapprove of the job he's doing, compared to 43 percent who approve.

Bush's "favorability" ratings have consistently been higher than his "approval" ratings, but even there, for the first time, there is trouble. This week's Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that 51 percent of respondents said they had an unfavorable impression of the president.

And the more you dig into the results, the worse it gets.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100879.html

CAN ANYBODY SAY

"TIMBER!!"

Democrats could take back at least a house of congress in 06'!

Get those machines with a paper trail, NOW!

If there's another Republican uprising in '06, then there's no doubt that the machines have been screwed with!

yeah }(

and have raped it's good name for sure.

From the "Ring of Fire"

would drop to a level more in line with his ratings on issues such as Iraq and the economy (low 40s). That appears to be happening with the AP poll, at least. I think his drop in favorability could be huge, because that's the last bastion he has.

Dubya is unpopular, Congress is unpopular, but they are ruling their empire.

majority party...but only 60% of voters turned out, with Bush claiming 30% and Kerry supposedly getting under 30%,

40% didn't bother to vote, or had their ballots tossed.

Cheaters never prosper.

Be sure to read the whole thing. Too bad it isn't in the print editon. Recommended and a kick.

When is it time to start referring to Bush as an unpopular president? When his approval ratings are solidly below 50 percent for at least three months? Check. When his approval ratings on his signature issues are in the red? Check. When a clear majority of Americans say he is ignoring the public's concerns and instead has become distracted by issues that most people say they care little about? Check.

:kick:

While an awful lot of what is said in the article is right, there is a small but crucial problem in this polling and reporting. Froomkin and Ipsos-Reid are right, almost every Bush policy polls at 40-41%. (Economic policy was there a year ago, Iraq policy got there this February/March when the elections led to no changes, the Schiavo affair did it in April on social policy.) 40% is basically Republicans and pretty serious Republican leaners, but no Indies.

The problem lies in Ipsos-Reid lumping "foreign affairs" with "terrorism" together and getting 45% support for Bush on the combo. Well, in all other polling where the two are asked separately, "foreign affairs"- the Coalition, the UN, stuff like North Korea- gets 40% or a little less. (Yay.)

Unfortunately, "terrorism" still gets 50% or a little higher. (Sh-t.) As 1 of about 6 major policy areas, the 10-15% higher rating on it compared to the others pulls the Bush approval number a few percent above the 40-41% level. A quibble about numbers, but

So while all the rest of the polling strengths are gone, the Bush/Republican strength on "terrorism" with Indies isn't lost yet. But it has been declining, if you look at polling. But we do need exposure of something like the reality of what has been going on at Guantanamo Bay- at most a handful of terrorists actually detained, if any, while thousands are just militants their governments don't like, and no meaningful due process rights. That may get Indies to give up the benefit of the doubt.

But I agree, that's it. When Indies give up on Bush on the policy toward terrorism, there's no way a Republican can the Presidency win in '08- defending it loses him too many Indies, rejecting it costs him too many hardliners. It's not going to take three years until Indies give up their support. In Washington, the RNC and DNC pollsters and consultants are penciling in a Democratic win of the Presidency in '08.

Timberrrrrrrr indeed!!!!!

When it actually happens- Indies flip to opposition on terrorism- the Bush Presidency is going to get some nasty Lame Duck treatment. If Republicans lose Congress in '06 the Bush White House is going to be in for two years of brutal pummelings. Probably even reversal of most its major policies, because support is going to keep on falling. How could it not- the policies are all failing and are fundamentally so wrong that they can't be corrected without refuting why they were implemented in the first place.

Failed Presidency, here we come!