MSNBC: "Bush ratings highest in months" (50%...nice job, Dubya)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

It's like BEATLEMANIA...only with George W. Bush instead of The Beatles, with hundreds of thousands of deaths in an illegal and immoral occupation instead of trend-setting hit singles and albums.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6845235/

"Bush ratings rise to highest level since March
NBC/WSJ poll: But Americans have doubts on Iraq, Social Security"



As hundreds of thousands of Americans gather in Washington for President Bush’s inauguration, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows Bush with his highest approval rating in months. But it also finds that many Americans still have doubts about the war in Iraq and whether Bush has a mandate to revamp Social Security.

“He leads a very divided nation,” said Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who, along with Republican pollster Bill McInturff, conducted this survey. “I think it’s going to be a lot for him to handle.”

Fifty percent of respondents in the poll — which was taken of 1,007 adults Jan. 13-17, and which has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points — say they approve of Bush’s job as president, compared with 44 percent who disapprove. That’s Bush’s highest approval mark since March 2004 — before the Abu Ghraib prison abuse photos rocked the political world in April.

Bush’s job rating on the economy also inched up in this latest survey. Forty-seven percent say they approve of Bush’s job with the economy, vs. an equal 47 percent who say they disapprove. In last month’s poll, by comparison, only 44 percent said they approved, while 51 percent said they disapproved.

[liberalpragmatist]

1. I saw that and thought, "why don't they say country still divided"?

With the expression, "highest level in months" I was expecting something like 55% approval.

[jackster]

8. key quote...

“I think it’s going to be a lot for him to handle.”

no joke - considering his history and the luck of 9/11 (for him not us!) he's got a tough row to hoe I think but I've become very cynical lately - with the right noise machine/corporatized media and the ignorance of a great number of the populace, I am hoping that we can survive

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

9. Well, he'll have Condi in charge of making mistakes, and...

...Alberto in charge of sweeping those mistakes under the carpet.

[Bethany Rockafella]

2. Approval ratings rises to highest level?

You would think they were talking 90% or something. Way to go to shill for Bush, media.

[meegbear]

3. 50%? IT'S A MANDATE!!!

[flpoljunkie]

7. NYT/CBS poll today has his approval as only 49% with 56% Wrong Track!

Only 40% of his handling of the war in Iraq and only 42% approve of his handling of the economy and foreign policy!

It makes you wonder how this man could have possibly won the election last November...

[Tighthead Prop]

4. I wish my professors graded on that kind of a curve.

50%? Excellent job!!

[Darkhawk32]

6. During the debates, * was graded on a curve.....

AGAINST HIMSELF!

:crazy:

[joefree1]

5. What happen to the 1%?

He's lost ground since the election?


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[mtnsnake]

10. Bush's rating is lowest for an incumbent president since Nixon

They're just spinning it in a positive way for the chimp, like they always do.

[Supersedeas]

11. but notice that today's headline screams Bush highest rating since

[montana500]

hahahahahahahhahaha

nice of msnbs to leave that part out of the title.

[montana500]

12. hahahahahahahhahaha

nice of msnbs to leave that part out of the title.

[WI_DEM]

13. 50% that's Bush's Inaugural bounce!!

Nixon had 68% on his inaugural in 1973.

[underpants]

14. It means that it is basically 50/50

Flip a coin to see if W can suck as much in this term as he did in the first one.

[fooj]

15. What polls? They are not valid, remember?

You can't use them when it's convenient and throw them out when its not! Besides, I'm sure they've made quite sure the polls were a few points higher...look at all of the election fraud that just took place!

[semillama]

16. here's some more relevant numbers

http://numeralist.blogspot.com/2005/01/by-numbers-u.html

apologies if this has been posted before.