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HISTORY: President-elect Obama Goes to Washington
Taylor Marsh —
... How different is W. when compared to Obama? You could write a book. What it signals to the world alone is worthy of several chapters. On foreign policy there is now, at long last, a ray of hope. ...
Contrasts
Newshoggers.com —
... By Ron Beasley
George W. Bush will leave office as the least popular president ever. On the day that President-elect Barack Obama is visiting the White House, a new national poll suggests that the current occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the most unpopular president since approval ratings were first sought more than six decades ago.
Seventy-six percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday disapprove of how President Bush is handling his job.
That's an all-time high in CNN ...
Nixon Was More Popular When He Quit
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
A new, and historic, polling low for president Bush. And so well-deserved.
The Most Unpopular President
TalkLeft —
... It is hardly worth mentioning President Bush any longer (when you awaken from a nightmare, do you really want to frighten yourself again by recalling its details?), but it is worth noting that our ambitious outgoing president just set another record. In the view of CNN, Bush is officially "the most unpopular president since approval ratings were first sought more than six decades ago." ...
History With A Tilt
JustOneMinute —
CNN reports that Bush is making history: Bush leaving office more unpopular than Nixon WASHINGTON DC (CNN) -- On the day that President-elect Barack Obama is visiting the White House, a new national poll suggests that the current occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the most unpopular president since approval ratings were first sought more than six decades ago. Seventy-six percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday disapprove of how President Bush is handling his job. That's an all-time high in CNN polling and in Gallup ...
Most unpopular ever; or, why Bush will not be another Truman
The Reaction —
... A new CNN poll finds that Bush is "the most unpopular president since approval ratings were first sought more than six decades ago," with disapproval ratings above 70 this year. ...
What Will An Obama White House Look Like?
Comments from Left Field —
... For the rest of the country, however, this isn’t the case. Polls show that he will be leaving office with approval ratings lower than Richard Nixon’s; a sad repudiation indeed. By contrast, his successor will be ...
from the "tell us something we don't know" dept.
skippy the bush kangaroo —
cnn reports that awol is leaving office less popular than nixon: the all-time low on the public's mood may have something to do with the poll's finding that president bush is the most unpopular president since approval ratings were first sought more than six decades ago. ...
A Record one Does not Want to have
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
Via CNN: Belief that country heading in right direction is at all-time low
“No other president’s disapproval rating has gone higher than 70 percent. Bush has managed to do that three times so far this year,” Holland said. “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.”
Before Bush, the record holder for presidential disapproval was Harry Truman, with a 67 percent disapproval rating in January of 1952, his last full year ...
How Bad Is The Economic Situation Really? Probably Worse Than You Fear
DownWithTyranny! —
... rating from the American people. And Bush's... he's the most unpopular president since polling was invented, less popular now than Richard Nixon at his lowest point. We need to give Obama the benefit of the doubt and pray for him and be ready to nudge him along in the right direction when the wealthy and powerful interests get pounded into his head all day at the office.
Most Unpopular Ever; or, Why Bush Will Not Be Another Truman
The Democratic Daily —
... A new CNN poll finds that Bush is “the most unpopular president since approval ratings were first sought more than six decades ago,” with disapproval ratings above 70 this year. ...
Bush, Nixon And Obama
Riehl World View —
... love it! Honestly, once you learn to stop taking American media seriously, it isn't hard to smile.
Let's really set the moonbat's heads on fire. Hell, I still like Nixon. Too bad he got caught acting more like a Kennedy. And Bush? History will sort the politics of the last eight-years. Unless of course Obama makes it illegal as the National-Socialist Democrat Party trys to lock it's iron fist around the throat of America and her educational system even more.
Bush leaving office more unpopular than Nixon
So far, Obama seems to be ...
Downtime
N/A —
Bush is going down. GM is going down. Circuit City is down. And out. Good times.
Phil Bronstein: Bush: Breaking Racial Barriers
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... I don't mean because Mr. Bush hit an all-time high disapproval rating, according to the polls in the liberal media. Yes, his unpopularity and policies ...
The empress has no clothes
Firedoglake —
... supposed to sound 'smart' knowing full well that no interviewer is going stop her by asking " What the fuck are you talking about? Are you an idiot?". The only thing worse than a person with a little knowledge is a person who doesn't know what they don't know but figures it will all work out in the end. Fat-headed, drunk on power and stupid is no way to through life, much less run an administration.
We tried that for eight years. The reviews are in: it was awful.
Having said that, the Republicans still seem to be listening to Bill Kristol, the ...
Marlene H. Phillips: A Quick Reminder from Obama to Republicans: "I Won"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... . They need to re-read recent polls showing that a majority of U.S. citizens believe their country was heading in the wrong direction. They should post those same polls in their offices, so they remember how an overwhelming number of Americans believe that the new president can turning things around. ...
