Bush's Poll Position Is Worst on Record

President Bush:"First 100 days of President Bush's second term have been no slam-dunk. How rough has it been? Bush has the lowest approval rating of any president at this point in his term, according to Gallup polls going back to World War II. Bush will need a higher approval rating if he hopes to avoid the "Sixth Year Itch." By the time Bush took the nation to war in March 2003, he had been building his case, piece-by-piece, for months. But during his re-election campaign, he said little about Social Security. Had he made it a major issue, Kerry might be sitting in the White House today. Bush declined to cut short his vacation after the southeast Asian Tsunami disaster, even as it became clear that it would be of epic proportions. Most polls have shown widespread disapproval of the president's handling of the issue, even among Republicans. Whatever the case, the public remains dissatisfied about the president's handling of Iraq. Republicans are even feuding even among themselves about the president's agenda, disagreeing on whether to push for a new round of tax cuts or to focus on tackling a massive federal budget deficit that clearly now is more than just a short-term problem. He passed a bill that would make it much more difficult for people to declare Chapter 7 bankruptcy, another corporate top priority. In one sense, this matters little because Bush will never run for another election. But it could be an early sign of trouble for his party, especially when you consider that the Republican-run Congress's approval rating has dropped to its lowest point in nearly a decade.Well every one knows I voted for Kerry. My Pumber and I were talking yesterday. He said, Bush works for the Rich, not the poor. The public was hood-winked to made think he was for the little guy."