George Bush just keeps on breaking records–for most unpopular president of all time:
A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush his handling his job as president.
“No president has ever had a higher disapproval rating in any CNN or Gallup poll; in fact, this is the first time that any president’s disapproval rating has cracked the 70 percent mark,” said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
“Bush’s approval rating, which stands at 28 percent in our new poll, remains better than the all-time lows set by Harry Truman and Richard Nixon (22 percent and 24 percent, respectively) but even those two presidents never got a disapproval rating in the 70s,” Holland added. “The previous all-time record in CNN or Gallup polling was set by Truman, 66 percent disapproval in January 1952.”
CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider adds, “He is more unpopular than Richard Nixon was just before he resigned from the presidency in August 1974.” President Nixon’s disapproval rating in August 1974 stood at 67 percent.
Yet, many Democrats remain afraid to challenge him on matters such as torture, surveillance, and ending the occupation of Iraq.
I cannot figure out why these Democrats think there is anything to lose politically by standing up to the worst, most unpopular president of our lifetimes, and very likely of all time.
You just can’t convince some people that winning is better than losing, even when you’re right and your opponent is wrong – about everything.
Most unpopular? Lowest approval ratings? Why not say what it really means — George W. Bush is the worst president ever. Read more on my blog, Views from the Left Coast.