{"id":1565,"date":"2005-03-30T09:12:57","date_gmt":"2005-03-30T16:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/uncategorized\/bushs-overall-approval-rating-is-just-43-percent-with-48-percent-disapproval\/"},"modified":"2005-03-30T09:12:57","modified_gmt":"2005-03-30T16:12:57","slug":"bushs-overall-approval-rating-is-just-43-percent-with-48-percent-disapproval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/dump-duhbya\/bushs-overall-approval-rating-is-just-43-percent-with-48-percent-disapproval\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush’s overall approval rating is just 43 percent, with 48 percent disapproval"},"content":{"rendered":"

Public Opinion Watch – Mar. 30, 2005 – Center for American Progress<\/a>
\nPublic Opinion Watch by Ruy Teixeira<\/p>\n

Bush’s overall approval rating is just 43 percent, with 48 percent disapproval. In addition, his rating on Iraq is now only 39 percent approval\/53 percent disapproval, and his rating on the economy is a stunningly bad 36\/53, further evidence of growing public disenchantment with the economy.<\/p>\n

Let us not forget Congress. In the wake of its handling of the Schiavo case, Congress’s approval rating has plunged to 34 percent against 49 percent disapproving.<\/p>\n

Consumer Comfort Index Hits New 2005 Low (washingtonpost.com)<\/a> By Claudia Deane, Washington Post Staff Writer<\/p>\n

Consumer confidence has reached a new low for the year in the wake of soaring gasoline prices across the nation, with the latest Washington Post-ABC News Consumer Comfort Index standing at -13, down four points from last week and three points below its 19-year average.<\/p>\n

The index of consumer sentiment was last in this territory in the summer of 2004, following a late winter and spring surge in gas prices that sent consumer confidence reeling until late June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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