Poll: Bush Approval Rating At New Low

As I have reported below, worldwide opinion about the United States is at an almost all time low thanks to the policies of Bush and his neo-con cronies. However, as Bush prepares to deliver his first State of the Union address to a Democratic controlled Congress, polls show that his popularity amongst Americans has also fallen to an all time low.

Mr. Bush’s overall approval rating has fallen to just 28 percent, a new low, while more than twice as many (64 percent) disapprove of the way he's handling his job.

Two-thirds of Americans remain opposed to the president's plan for sending more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq — roughly the same number as after Mr. Bush announced the plan. And 72 percent believe he should seek congressional approval for the troop increase.

There is hope for all of us when ordinary Americans share our revulsion.

And the scale of his unpopularity is best understood by comparing it to that of other second term Presidents.

His job approval is also far below those of other modern two-term presidents at this point in their second terms.

In January 1999, for example, just after his impeachment by the House of Representatives, President Bill Clinton's job approval rating was 65 percent. In January 1987, President Ronald Reagan's was 52 percent. In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson received a 47 percent approval rating, even as debate about the Vietnam War raged.

So Bush is almost uniquely reviled. Strangely, that actually gives me faith in Americans again.

I mean, seriously, 28%! There are military juntas that enjoy more popular support than that.

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