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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Enormously Unpopular
After 9/11, Bush's approval rating shot to an artificially high number as the American people rallied behind its leader in a time of great national unity? Remember how Karen Hughes and Karl Rove then, in the dozens of months that followed, implanted in the American public (and more importantly, the media) the sense that Bush was an "incredibly popular" President?
Well, Bush's latest approval rating is 33%. It is consistently in the low 30s in all major polls.
Isn't it time that every single discussion of Bush mentioned the fact that he is enormously unpopular right now? (And, for that matter, when Republicans attack Democrats as being blinded by their dislike of this President, aren't the Democrats speaking for the overwhelming majority of the American people?)
Democrats lead by 16% in the latest generic Congressional ballot, their biggest lead since 1982. Yet the pundits in the MSM still argue that the public won't support the Democrats until they put forth their own agenda. Anybody remember when the GOP unveiled the Contract for America? Six weeks before the November 1994 elections, on September 27, 1994. Until that time the media was fine with them attacking Clinton non-stop without putting forth a positive agenda. The time will come for the Democrats. Until then, it's fine to let the Republicans continue to do themselves in.
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