Cratering, Redux

8:04 am EST April 7th, 2006 | Democrats | 2 Comments

Poll: Bush, GOP hit new lows

President Bush s approval ratings hit a series of new lows in an AP-Ipsos poll that also shows Republicans surrendering their advantage on national security  grim election-year news for a party struggling to stay in power.

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On an issue the GOP has dominated for decades, Republicans are now locked in a tie with Democrats  41 percent each  on the question of which party people trust to protect the country. Democrats made their biggest national security gains among young men, according to the AP-Ipsos poll, which had a 3 percentage point margin of error.

The public gives Democrats a slight edge on what party would best handle Iraq, a reversal from Election Day 2004.

The Democratic establishment remains largely politically clueless, but the Republicans are so intent in shooting themselves in the foot it’s almost like they’re throwing the dang thing on purpose. November is a long way off and I still see things at a status quo after election day, but damn.

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2 Responses to “Cratering, Redux”

  1. Mike says:
    April 7, 2006 at 5:04 pm

    What I find curious is the stunningly scant attention the media is paying to our economy, which has been growing above target, driving unemployment down to 4.7% and bolstering the Dow to over 11,000. We are in pretty much the same position we were at the end of Clinton’s second term, and none of it is resting precariously on a tech bubble about to burst.

    If, as the leftwing conspiracy theorists claim, the MSM is “bought and paid for” by the Bush White House, then why aren’t we seeing wall-to-wall coverage of how good our economy is doing? Why don’t we see front-page stories about how Bush’s economic plans brought our economy back from the brink after 9/11?

    I’m not saying this is all true. Rather, I’m trying to understand why the media (if it really is controlled by the White House) isn’t being forced to work overtime to raise Bush’s approval rating by trumpeting economic success. No one, even the congressional Republicans, seem interested in pushing daily press releases or interviews or feature stories about how strong the economy is — certainly nothing like what we saw from the Clinton White House in 1999 – 2000. I find that odd.

    Elections are “back pocket” issues, after all.

  2. Oliver Willis says:
    April 7, 2006 at 6:04 pm

    First off the economy is nothing like it was in the late ’90s. While the tide is rising, it is lifting very few boats especially since household debt it is up.

    The Dow is just now at the level it was when Bush entered office. Under Clinton the Dow went from 3,000 to 11,000.

    While the job picture is not horrible, Bush has still not created new jobs.

    And to say the media isn’t covering the economy is not true.