That perhaps in-the-moment public opinion polls are all but meaningless in terms of a leader’s legacy?
EXACTLY. The only approval rating that really matters in real-time is the one on election day, and he did just fine both times. I guess that means Gore and Kerry have lower ratings than Bush. ;P
Beth - 08:04am on 04/22/2008
Bush didn’t help his cause out any when he tried to push amnesty down his bases’s throat and the fact that he spends money like a democrat.
Hoodlumman - 09:04am on 04/22/2008
push amnesty down his bases’s throat and the fact that he spends money like a democrat.
I don’t understand the far left hatred of ‘Neocons.’ Fiscally, they are very liberal, maybe not as liberal as they’d like but still.
FlyOnTheWall - 10:04am on 04/22/2008
And yet, despite massive media dose of BDS President Bush is the only politican in the past seven and a half years who has always been positive in outloook and kind in words.
I’ve never been one to follow populist fads and have no intention of starting now, plus I think polls are a waste of mind. Though I don’t agree with all of President Bush’s decisions I appreciate and admire his extraordinary character, something completely lacking in this day and age.
syn - 10:04am on 04/22/2008
That Bush doesn’t base his polocies on popular opinion (as registered in polls) unlike Clinton who did is one of the reasons he has my respect and support.
docdave - 10:04am on 04/22/2008
Nothing complicated here. The American people, right, left and center are disillusioned that the war drags on, Osama Bin Laden has not be brought to justice, and gas is nearing $4 a gallon in some places.
As HST said.... “The buck stops here.”
pparets - 01:04pm on 04/22/2008
I don’t get why the left is mad at high gas prices. As prices rise, more people will by more fuel efficient cars, ride buses and bicycles and Gaia will rejoice!!!!
Hoodlumman - 01:04pm on 04/22/2008
I don’t get why the left is mad at high gas prices.
Back when gas was relatively inexpensive, Democrats talked about raising taxes on gas to get people to conserve.
After the price went up (which was exactly what the Democrats had called for) the Dems howled that it was Bush’s fault and that more of the government should be turned over to them.
(So they could raise prices faster and more frequently, I guess!)
Proof - 01:04pm on 04/22/2008
In order for the numbers to work as reported they polled 42% Democrats, 28% Republicans, and 30% Independents.
Lies, damn lies, and statistics, indeed.
Rodney Graves - 01:04pm on 04/22/2008
That Bush doesn’t base his polocies on popular opinion (as registered in polls) unlike Clinton who did is one of the reasons he has my respect and support.
President Bush is a leader, while Clinton is a follower. You know how you can recognize a leader?
He’s the guy with all the arrows in his back.
EXACTLY. The only approval rating that really matters in real-time is the one on election day, and he did just fine both times. I guess that means Gore and Kerry have lower ratings than Bush. ;P
Bush didn’t help his cause out any when he tried to push amnesty down his bases’s throat and the fact that he spends money like a democrat.
I don’t understand the far left hatred of ‘Neocons.’ Fiscally, they are very liberal, maybe not as liberal as they’d like but still.
And yet, despite massive media dose of BDS President Bush is the only politican in the past seven and a half years who has always been positive in outloook and kind in words.
I’ve never been one to follow populist fads and have no intention of starting now, plus I think polls are a waste of mind. Though I don’t agree with all of President Bush’s decisions I appreciate and admire his extraordinary character, something completely lacking in this day and age.
That Bush doesn’t base his polocies on popular opinion (as registered in polls) unlike Clinton who did is one of the reasons he has my respect and support.
Nothing complicated here. The American people, right, left and center are disillusioned that the war drags on, Osama Bin Laden has not be brought to justice, and gas is nearing $4 a gallon in some places.
As HST said.... “The buck stops here.”
I don’t get why the left is mad at high gas prices. As prices rise, more people will by more fuel efficient cars, ride buses and bicycles and Gaia will rejoice!!!!
Back when gas was relatively inexpensive, Democrats talked about raising taxes on gas to get people to conserve.
After the price went up (which was exactly what the Democrats had called for) the Dems howled that it was Bush’s fault and that more of the government should be turned over to them.
(So they could raise prices faster and more frequently, I guess!)
In order for the numbers to work as reported they polled 42% Democrats, 28% Republicans, and 30% Independents.
Lies, damn lies, and statistics, indeed.
President Bush is a leader, while Clinton is a follower. You know how you can recognize a leader?
He’s the guy with all the arrows in his back.