Oh, this is truly funny. As President Obama continues his historic slide in the polls, guess who’s gaining ground?
Perhaps the greatest measure of Obama’s declining support is that just 50% of voters now say they prefer having him as President to George W. Bush, with 44% saying they’d rather have his predecessor. Given the horrendous approval ratings Bush showed during his final term that’s somewhat of a surprise and an indication that voters are increasingly placing the blame on Obama for the country’s difficulties instead of giving him space because of the tough situation he inherited. The closeness in the Obama/Bush numbers also has implications for the 2010 elections. Using the Bush card may not be particularly effective for Democrats anymore, which is good news generally for Republicans and especially ones like Rob Portman who are running for office and have close ties to the former President.
As the Rasmussen Reports Polls showed during President Bush’s last week in office,
In the final full month of his Presidency, just 13% of American adults said they Strongly Approved of the way that George W. Bush performed his job as president. Forty-three percent (43%) Strongly Disapproved. Overall, 35% say that they at least somewhat approve of way the President has handled his job. That’s unchanged from November and among the lowest monthly ratings ever earned by the President.
So President Bush has gone from a 35% approval to a 44% approval, while Obam has gone from a 78% approval to a 47% approal in the same period.
Should the same trends continue, former President Bush’s popularity should surpass Obama’s decline sometime in the January-February timeframe.
(Can’t-stop-laughing . . . . )
~Johnny~
Well… Well… Well… America what a fine mess we have gotten ourselves into now.
Looks like we’ll have to “Spend Our Way Out Of IT”… Suddenly that man Mitt Romney with all the Econ experience is looking pretty darn good…
Even ole’ W is lookin’ good!
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haha! Love that picture.
{{Yup. And it’s becoming more and more prescient every day. This time next year it’ll be damned near prophetic. Feel free to steal it and use it on your own blog.}}
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