One must wonder whyRepublikkkans still support the man who has almost single-handedly destroyed their party. The [Gallup] poll finds President Bush’s approval rating at 29%, only a shade above his personal worst approval score of 28%, first reached in April and repeated earlier in May. However, his rating would be even lower if not for the support of most Republicans. Current Republican approval of Bush is much lower than it was early on in his presidency; however, it remains far better than approval from Democrats. Two-thirds of Republicans (66%) approve of Bush’s job performance today, compared with only 7% of … Continue reading Pony Power

We switched to Vista at work three weeks ago, and it’s EATING MY ASS!!! But I still have time for theponies. Public disgruntlement neared a record high and President Bush slipped to his career low in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. Eighty-two percent of Americans now say the country’s seriously off on the wrong track, up 10 points in the last year to a point from its record high in polls since 1973. And 31 percent approve of Bush’s job performance overall, while 66 percent disapprove. Continue reading I Always Have Time For Ponies

Holy Crap!™ Chimpy just set the record for themost hated president evah! WASHINGTON — President Bush has set a record he’d presumably prefer to avoid: the highest disapproval rating of any president in the 70-year history of the Gallup Poll. In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, 28% of Americans approve of the job Bush is doing; 69% disapprove. The approval rating matches the low point of his presidency, and the disapproval sets a new high for any president since Franklin Roosevelt. The previous record of 67% was reached by Harry Truman in January 1952, when the United … Continue reading Über Ponies

High snark fromABC News. Bush Defeats Truman At 39 months in the doghouse, George W. Bush has surpassed Harry Truman’s record as the postwar president to linger longest without majority public approval. Bush hasn’t received majority approval for his work in office in ABC News/Washington Post polls since Jan. 16, 2005 — three years and three months ago. The previous record was Truman’s during his last 38 months in office. [snip] In the latest ABC/Post poll, just 33 percent of Americans approve of Bush’s work, a point from his career-low 32 percent earlier this year. Sixty-four percent disapprove, with those … Continue reading ABC Wants A Pony

Gallup: PRINCETON, NJ — President George W. Bush’s job approval rating has dropped to 28%, the lowest of his administration. Bush’s approval is lower than that of any president since World War II, with the exceptions of Jimmy Carter (who had a low point of 28% in 1979), and Richard Nixon and Harry Truman, who suffered ratings in the low- to mid-20% range in the last years of their administrations. Continue reading Somebody Owes Me A Pony

Chimpy ties his all-time low job approval rating in the newHarris poll. Three-quarters (75%) of Americans currently think things in the country are on the wrong track while just 15 percent say things are going in the right direction. [snip] Just one-quarter (26%) of Americans give President Bush positive ratings on his job while just under three-quarters (72%) give him negative ratings. This is down from February when 28 percent gave him positive marks and 69 percent have him negative ones. This current rating also ties his lowest ever positive rating which was first reached in July of 2007. Continue reading Pony Up!

Pew: Bush’s job approval rating has slipped to 28%, the lowest of his presidency. In addition, just 22% express satisfaction with the way things are going in the country. This, too, is about as negative an evaluation of the course of the nation as measured in nearly 20 years of Pew surveys. Continue reading Peak Pony!

Chimpy’s job approval rating surgesin thenew ARG poll, up from his all-time low of 19%. Increased approval among Republicans has moved George W. Bush’s overall job approval to 24% according to the latest survey from the American Research Group. Those disapproving of the way Bush is handling his job and the economy remain at or near record highs for American Research Group polling during Bush’s tenure in office as 86% of Americans say the national economy is getting worse and 66% say the national economy is in a recession. Among all Americans, 24% approve of the way Bush is handling … Continue reading Surge!

Pew Poll: The balance of party identification in the American electorate now favors the Democratic Party by a decidedly larger margin than in either of the two previous presidential election cycles. In 5,566 interviews with registered voters conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press during the first two months of 2008, 36% identify themselves as Democrats, and just 27% as Republicans. The share of voters who call themselves Republicans has declined by six points since 2004, and represents, on an annualized basis, the lowest percentage of self-identified Republican voters in 16 years of polling by … Continue reading More Good News For Republikkkans

Oh, my. With far more Americans identifying themselves as Democrats than Republicans, President Bush’s job rating has hit a new low, according to the latest FOX News poll. Three in 10 Americans (30 percent) now approve of the job Bush is doing as the nation’s leader, with 6 in 10 disapproving. While disapproval of the president has been higher (for example, 61 percent in both July and March of 2007), his approval rating has never sunk this low before. Majorities in every major sub-group except Republicans, conservatives and born-again Christians give a negative rating to Bush’s performance in the White … Continue reading Fox Ponies!

Chimpy just hit his all-time low job approval rating in theZogby Poll: 26%. And his fellow Republikkkans are finally giving up on him. The gains in job approval ratings made by President George W. Bush and Congress over the past few months from their all-time lows last year have reversed course in this latest poll.Approval ratings for the President stand at just 26% this month, down from 34% who gave him positive job approval marks in February. Bush has lost ground across the political spectrum, including among likely voters in his own party –fewer than half of Republicans (48%) view … Continue reading Pony-Up!

I can’t get no… A March 6-9, 2008, Gallup Poll finds only 19% of Americans satisfied with the way things are going in the United States today. This is similar to the 20% found in early February and in November 2007, but is technically the lowest Gallup has recorded since August 1992. Gallup initiated the U.S. satisfaction measure in 1979 and has been tracking it monthly since October 2000. The low point came in July 1979, when only 12% of Americans were satisfied with the state of the country. Americans’ mood sank to nearly this level in 1992, when the … Continue reading When I’m Driving In My Car And That Man Comes On The Radio

We stilldon’t like him. The latest Gallup Poll, conducted March 6-9, finds 32% of Americans approving of Bush and 21% approving of Congress. Bush’s job approval rating has been stable in recent months, ranging narrowly from 31% to 34% so far this year. His approval rating has been below 40% for 18 months, since September 2006. It has not been at the 50% level since May 2005, shortly after his second term in office began. Bush’s low point in office was a 29% approval rating in July 2007. The all-time low for any president is a 22% approval rating for … Continue reading Pony Time

Newsweek Poll:32% of Republikkkans now seeing the light. McCain faces obstacles on several fronts. He would be the oldest person to start a first term as president, and three in 10 survey respondents think he is too old for the job. McCain is also in danger of overplaying the endorsement he received this week from President George W. Bush. Campaigning side by side with the unpopular president could hurt McCain’s chances; the president’s approval rating hovers around 30 percent. Even among Republicans, almost a third (32 percent) of survey respondents said they disapprove of the job Bush is doing. Continue reading Pony Up!

Chimpy matches his all-time low job approval rating in the newAP-IPSOS poll. Bush Approval Approve: 30% (unchanged, matches last month’s all-time low)Disapprove: 66% (unchanged) Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track? Right Direction: 22% (-3%)Wrong Track: 73% (+2%) Meanwhile, I bet theRepublikkkans are overjoyed with the fact that they have selected a presidential candidatewho admits that he knows nothing about economics. WASHINGTON – Employers slashed jobs by 63,000 in February, the most in five years, the starkest sign yet the country is heading dangerously … Continue reading Pony My Ass!

CBS News/New YorkTimes Poll: Bush Job ApprovalApprove: 30%Disapprove: 64% Continue reading Pony Me, Bitches!

Harris Interactive Poll: When asked to say who they think was the worst president since World War II, many more people (34%) choose George W. Bush than pick anyone else. Continue reading Shocking News!

Chimpy sets an all-time low job approval rating in the newAP-IPSOS poll [pdf]: Bush Job ApprovalApprove: 30% (-4, all-time low)Disapprove: 66% (+3, ties all-time high) Direction of CountryRight Track: 25% (-2)Wrong Track: 71% (+3) More… It’s almost as if people can barely stand the thought of President Bush and Congress anymore. Bush reached his lowest approval rating in The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on Friday as only 30 percent said they like the job he is doing, including an all-time low in his support by Republicans. Congress’ approval fell to just 22 percent, equaling its poorest grade in the survey. Both … Continue reading Pony Up!

CBS News poll [PDF]: Buh Job Approval Approve: 27% (ties all-time low set in June 2007)Disapprove: 65% More: Confidence in the economy is also very low. Only 6 percent believe conditions are improving, while 67 percent expect them to get worse. The troubles in the economy – highlighted by recent reports showing little growth in the gross domestic product and the first net job losses in four years – are hitting home for many Americans, 46 percent of whom said they are making just enough to pay their bills. Not surprisingly, Americans’ worries about the economy have done nothing to … Continue reading Pony Time!

NewNBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll: Bush Job ApprovalApprove: 31% (-3)Disapprove: 63% (+3) Direction of the countryRight Track: 19%Wrong Track: 68% Continue reading Pony Up, Bitches!

Heh. AnotherPew Poll: Laura Bush, once almost universally liked, has seen her favorability ratings slip along with her husband’s over the past three years. Currently, a slim majority of Americans (54%) say they have a favorable impression of the First Lady, down from 70% in August of 2004. The number saying they have an unfavorable view of Laura Bush has risen from 18% to 29% over the same time period. While trending downward, views of Laura Bush have changed less dramatically than have views of her husband over the past five years. The poll, conducted Dec. 19-30 among 1,430 adults … Continue reading Bush Stank Contaminates Pickles

Chimpy’s job approval rating in the latestPew Poll is stuck at 31%; most Americans view the Bush Assministration as aMiserable Failure. As he begins his final year in office, President Bush’s standing with the public continues to worsen. While his overall job approval ratings are holding steady, the balance of opinion is roughly two-to-one negative (31% approve, 59% disapprove). And the number of Americans – including many within the president’s own party – who see the failures of his administration outweighing the accomplishments continues to rise, and a record high number say this year’s State of the Union address is … Continue reading Miserable Failure

The spin doctors at the White House havre their work cut out for them. NewNYTimes/CBS News poll [PDF]: Bush Job ApprovalApprove: 29%Disapprove: 62% Country’s DirectionRight Track: 19%Wrong Track: 75% Continue reading It’s A Looooooooooooong Way To 45%

NewAP-IPSOS poll: Bush Job ApprovalApprove: 34% (-2)Disapprove: 63% (+2) US on the Right Track or Wrong TrackRight Track: 27% (-3)Wrong Track: 68% (+2) Continue reading Pony-Up, Goddammit!

Nice. More than six in 10 Michiganders say George W. Bush’s presidency will go down as either below average or among the worst ever, according to The Detroit Free Press/Local 4 Michigan Poll. And among the 62% who say Bush won’t be remembered favorably, 37% say his two terms will go down as among the worst, according to the poll conducted Monday through Wednesday of 800 Michigan adults. [snip] Four percent of those polled said Bush would rank as one of the best presidents, 9% ranked him above average and 25% said he was average. [snip] The poll also showed … Continue reading Michgan Gets A Pony

NewCBS News/NYTimes Poll: The dour economic outlook is coupled with numbers showing a large majority of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction: 71 percent said America is on the wrong track, compared to only 21 percent who said it was headed in the right direction. These numbers have been relatively stable since 2006. Given these results, it is unsurprising that President Bush’s job approval rating remains near his record low, with 28 percent approving of his performance, down from 30 percent in October. That is only 1 percent higher than his worst rating, recorded in June. … Continue reading Still The Worst

NewPew Poll: Bush Job Approval: 30% (unchanged from October, one point higher than his all-time Pew low). Continue reading Pony Up!

It’s like clockwork. Just when theWaPo andUS News decide Chimpy is primed for a comebackGallup comes out with a new poll showing we still hate him as much as we ever have. Bush’s job approval ratings have shown little change in the past two months — 32% of Americans now say they approve of the job he is doing as president and 61% disapprove. Over the course of the year, Bush’s approval ratings have been fairly stable, averaging 34% and fluctuating between a high of 38% in April and his administration’s low point of 29% in July. [snip] Bush’s approval … Continue reading Pony Up!