Wow

So, yeah, I realise that polls are often quite skewed. Nonetheless, it's hard not to gloat about this. According to the new American Research Group poll, our President's poll numbers have now dipped below the 40 percent mark. Only 36 percent of the country approves of Bush's job performance. Bush is now more unpopular than Nixon was during Watergate. Could someone please inform the liberal media? Notes Kos: At this point of his second term, Clinton was at 59 percent. Reagan was at 60 percent. Nixon at 39. (Though to be fair, the Nixon numbers were Gallup, while this poll is ARG.) So what's causing the downfall? On the domestic front, Bush has had a pretty good last couple of weeks, with passage of the energy and highway bills and CAFTA. So what's causing the meltdown? Well, his Republican support is starting to crack (down to 77 percent approval). His favorability on the economy is 33 percent despite the administration's economic triumphalism in the past few weeks (down from 38 percent in July). Seems that the public isn't happy with the kind of jobs that are being created. And Iraq (not addressed in this poll) obviously isn't doing Bush any favors either.