A Bad Week for President Bush
On top of the whole election thing—which is saying a lot—
the Washington Post reports not only that huge majorities of Americans support the Democrats' legislative agenda, but that Bush's approval rating has fallen to 31%. Remarkable. I don't think that, even at the height of Watergate, Richard Nixon's approval rating was that low. Same for LBJ in 1968.
Which means that George W. Bush is the most unpopular president since they began taking polls....
Interestingly, the poll also showed that many people are worried that the Democrats will lead us to withdraw from Iraq "too hastily" or impede the president's efforts to combat terrorism. At least on the latter point, that suggests that some of the GOP scare tactics have sunk in. After all, one of Rahm Emanuel's issues is implementing all the recommendations of the 9/11 commission....
