TBV Feature: Ruy Teixeira asks, how low can Bush go?

In the polls, that is: How Low Can He Go? Donkey Rising blog 03/03/06.

Aside from the items that have been hitting the headlines, he takes special note of these four from the CBS poll that came out this week:

1. On [Bush's] unusually low job approval, that appears to driven by an unusually low approval rating among GOP identifiers - 72 percent. If Bush's rating among GOP identifiers doesn't snap back up toward the 80 mark or higher, we could see more approval ratings in the range of this latest CBS News poll....or even lower.

2. Bush's approval rating on the economy is only 32 percent, with 60 percent disapproval - apparently, Americans still haven’t gotten the "good news" on the economy. And his rating on handling the energy situation is only 27 percent, also with 60 percent disapproval.

3. Just 29 percent now think the result of the war with Iraq was worth the loss of American life and costs of attacking Iraq, compared to 63 percent who think it wasn't. In a bit of good news for the Bush administration, this result is only tied for the most negative result ever on this question. [Are the Democrats in Congress reading these polls? You couldn't tell by their timidity on this issue. - Bruce]

4. Could all this bad news be rubbing off on the conservative brand? Well, in this poll, self-identified conservatives are down to 27 percent of the public, a mere 7 points away from the 20 percent who are self-identified liberals.

Wait! Look, over there! Iranian nukes!!!

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