Poll: Bush Base Erodes on Immigration Debate (45%)

[underpants]

Source: ABC News

45 Percent of Republicans Approve of President's Handling of Issue

President Bush's immigration reform package has badly damaged his ratings on the issue from his core supporters, with his approval rating for handling immigration plummeting among Republicans and conservatives.

Fewer than half of Republicans, 45 percent in this ABC News/Washington Post poll, now approve of how Bush is handling immigration, down from 61 percent in April — that's a 16-point drop in six weeks. Just 35 percent of conservatives approve, down from 48 percent.

This marks one of the few times in his presidency Bush has received less than 50 percent approval from members of his own party on any issue in an ABC/Post poll. On handling the Iraq War, for comparison, he's never gone below 62 percent approval from Republicans.

Among all Americans, just 29 percent now approve of his handling of immigration, a career low. And the public trusts the Democrats in Congress over Bush to handle the issue by 48 percent to 31 percent, essentially the same as in December.



Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/PollVault/story?id=3240208&page=1

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*Yikes* don't ya just hate when one of those wedge issues that were never meant to have any resolution or even any actual action comes back and bites ya?

They stirred up their own pot and now they have to take a bite.

[spotbird]

1. Yikes! Look over there!

Terrasts at JFK!

[Demeter]

2. Bush Gave Himself a Wedgie!

:rofl:

[radfringe]

3. Whaaa?

he still has a base?

[marmar]

4. The nativists vs. the corporatists....

It's a right-wing Hatfields vs. McCoys....

:popcorn:

[ingac70]

5. Rednecks vs. corporate whores....

This schism was bound to happen sooner or later.

[customerserviceguy]

6. Why not take advantage of this?

If you live in a red state, write to your Senators from a right wingnut view. Use the word "amnesty" a lot.

We need to defeat this bill, one written by the 2009 Congress, to be signed by a Democratic President would be MUCH better than one that has Repuke corporate fingerprints all over it.

[ingac70]

8. That is exactly what I've been doing....

I promote the Constitution Party to the "social" conservatives.


:evilgrin:

[customerserviceguy]

9. Ha!

That works!

[Hissyspit]

7. ABC/WaPost Poll: Bush Base Erodes On Immigration Debate

Source: ABC News

Poll: Bush Base Erodes on Immigration Debate

June 4, 2007

President Bush's immigration reform package has badly damaged his ratings on the issue from his core supporters, with his approval rating for handling immigration plummeting among Republicans and conservatives.

Fewer than half of Republicans, 45 percent in this ABC News/Washington Post poll, now approve of how Bush is handling immigration, down from 61 percent in April — that's a 16-point drop in six weeks. Just 35 percent of conservatives approve, down from 48 percent.

This marks one of the few times in his presidency Bush has received less than 50 percent approval from members of his own party on any issue in an ABC/Post poll. On handling the Iraq War, for comparison, he's never gone below 62 percent approval from Republicans.

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Among all Americans, just 29 percent now approve of his handling of immigration, a career low. And the public trusts the Democrats in Congress over Bush to handle the issue by 48 percent to 31 percent, essentially the same as in December.

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Read more: http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/PollVault/story?id=3240208&page=1

[superconnected]

10. In other words, bush isn't facist enough for them.

He was enough to get elected but they had higher hopes of ethnic cleansing.

Bad chimp! Bad chimp! Run on hate issues, and then don't deliver.

Your hate base just doesn't seem to be able to forgive you.