politico.com - 11/10/2008
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With 71 days left in office, President Bush is less popular than President Nixon was at the time of his resignation, according to data released Monday by CNN and Opinion Research Corporation.
news.yahoo.com - 11/11/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
Politico - With 71 days left in office,
President Bush is less popular than President Nixon was
at the time of his resignation, according to data released Monday by CNN and Opinion Research Corporation.
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Bush is less popular than Nixon in final days
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americablog.com - 11/10/2008
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americablog.com —
I know we've all had our fill of
polls, but this latest finding from Gallup adds some
perspective to the meeting of Bush and Obama today. It's the ugly past meeting the hopeful future. And, the numbers prove it: From Gallup : Monday's White House ...
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President "Least Popular" meets President-elect "Most ...
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Political Animal —
... managed to do that three times so far this year," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "That means that Bush is now more unpopular than Richard Nixon was when he resigned from office during Watergate with a 66 percent disapproval rating." In fact, the Nixon comparison is illustrative in its severity. Nixon, exposed as a criminal and in the midst of becoming the only president to ever resign from office in disgrace, was 10 points more popular than Bush is now. (CNN released a handy chart on the subject.) And speaking of presidents and polls, the ...
Friday Bush Retrospective
Comments from Left Field —
... With an approval rating of 24%, and a disapproval rating of 76%, Pres. Bush is leaving office the most disliked president going back 56 years, to the end of the Truman presidency. ...
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