It looks like they have dropped to the lowest level in his Presidency now.
The poll suggests that most Americans wonder whether Bush is up to the job. The survey, conducted Monday through Wednesday of 1,000 people, found that just 37 percent approve of his overall performance. That is the lowest of his presidency.
Yup and even his supporters are jumping ship on him:
Bush's job approval among Republicans plummeted from 82 percent in February to 74 percent, a dangerous sign in a midterm election year when parties rely on enthusiasm from their most loyal voters. The biggest losses were among white males.
I think this is all blowback from the bungling they did on the Katrina aftermath. He had a chance to look like the same leader that pulled the nation together after 9/11 but he blew it. He trusted inept cronies like Brown and it cost him. He also let people like Kathleen Blanco and Ray Nagin dominate the news when he should have been the one drawing the headlines.
He didn't look caring enough because he stayed on vacation as the hurricane hit and then first commented he made was about some Republican guys home. It showed he was out of touch and didn't seem to care about the regular people's suffering.
He should have been on the scene at the command center getting briefings on the first day after the levies broke. He needed to be be giving the appearance that he was running things.
A photo Op of him flying over damaged areas in a Navy Helocopter on day one with a concerned face would have been as indelable as him with his arm around the fire department guy after 9/11. Instead he fooled around and looked like a big idiot while trusting the wrong people and he is paying the price for it.
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