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To: Road Walker who wrote (247716)	8/27/2005 8:40:06 AM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574472

Yeah, doesn't look like Bush is going to win reelection in 2008.... If course in the last election the democrat presidential candidate couldn't beat the unnamed democrat leading in the polls...

To: Road Walker who wrote (247716)	8/27/2005 2:16:26 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574472

Why couldn't these numbers happened last summer? Interesting note......look who has the next lowest acceptance level after Bush by the first quarter of their second term.......saint Reagan. I guess he wasn't as popular as everyone thought. Gallup: Bush Approval Rating Lowest Ever for 2nd-Term Prez at this Point By E&P Staff Published: April 05, 2005 11:45 AM ET updated 7:00 PM NEW YORK It's not uncommon to hear or read pundits referring to President George W. Bush as a "popular" leader or even a "very popular" one. Even some of his critics in the press refer to him this way. Perhaps they need to check the latest polls. President Bush's approval rating has plunged to the lowest level of any president since World War II at this point in his second term, the Gallup Organization reported today. All other presidents who served a second term had approval ratings well above 50% in the March following their election, Gallup reported. Presidents Truman and Johnson had finished out the terms of their predecessors, and then won election on their own for a second term. Bush's current rating is 45%. The next lowest was Reagan with 56% in March 1985. More bad signs for the president: Gallup's survey now finds only 38% expressing satisfaction with the "state of the country" while 59% are "dissatisfied." One in three Americans feel the economy is excellent or good, while the rest find it "only fair" or poor. Gallup noted that more challenges lie ahead for Bush, including public doubts about his Social Security plan and Iraq policies. Here are the approval ratings for presidents as recorded by Gallup (all for March): Truman, 1949: 57%. Eisenhower, 1957: 65%. Johnson, 1965: 69%. Nixon, 1973: 57%. Reagan, 1985: 56%. Clinton, 1997: 59% . Bush, 2005: 45% . editorandpublisher.com