John has a post on the latest poll showing another low for Bush. It shows one more time just how unpopular the President is. Still, it seems like there is some inability in the media and among some politicos to accept this reality.
While there are a lot of polls these days with new lows for Bush, having it verifed again with the Post-ABC poll is particularly gratifying. You may remember that last December, the Washington Post-ABC News poll found Bush's approval rating had risen to 47 percent:
President Bush's approval rating has surged in recent weeks, reversing what had been an extended period of decline, with Americans now expressing renewed optimism about the future of democracy in Iraq, the campaign against terrorism and the U.S. economy, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News Poll.That poll sent the DC chattering class into a frenzy. They were very self-satisfied with that development. They fully believed Bush was going to build up his approval ratings -- as if the low numbers from Iraq and Katrina were some kind of aberration. Those were the same people who believed Bush when he claimed a mandate after the 2004 elections. You can imagine how Rove was spinning them after that December poll. But that poll was an outlier then and it really looks like an anomaly now.
Bush is still tanking -- he keeps reaching new lows -- and he probably still hasn't hit the bottom yet. He is an extremely unpopular president and even the traditional media should be able to grasp that. Likewise, no Democrat should ever fear Bush or Rove again. And they shouldn't hesitate to kick him while he's down. The same crowd that grasped on to that one December poll that looked a little better for Bush need to accept the reality of all the polls since then. Atrios put it best:
Everybody hates the president except a few whackjobs.
