President George W. Bush's approval rating has plunged to the lowest level of any president since World War II at this point in his second term, the Gallup Organization reported today.Now let me get this straight. 82% of the country thinks Congress and the President were wrong to intervene in the Schiavo affair, and that makes the country "divided." But Bush has the lowest approval rating of any president at this time since WWII, 45%, and he's widely popular. Nope, no media bias there.
Here are the ratings for presidents as recorded by Gallup in the March following their re-election:
Truman, 1949: 57%.
Eisenhower, 1957: 65%.
Johnson, 1965: 69%.
Nixon, 1973: 57%.
Reagan, 1985: 56%.
Clinton, 1997: 59% .
Bush, 2005: 45% .
And, as an aside, this still goes to my point of yesterday. It's one thing to watch the GOP implode on itself, it's another to paint a picture for the American public of what YOU stand for. Time to engage, Dems. Where are ya?
And one final thing. Clinton was 14% points ahead of Bush at this time in his second term. Try them apples.
