George Bush and the GOP: Poll Axed

I am fond of saying that a public-opinion poll is merely a snapshot in time, but even so this is a dark time indeed for President Bush and the Republican Party.

According to a new Newsweek Poll, the public’s approval of Bush has sunk to 28 percent, an all-time low only matched by Jimmy Carter in 1979.

Pause for a moment to consider that in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Bush’s approval rating hovered around 95 percent and has fallen so far that he is now put in the same league as a perennial conservative Republican laughing stock.

This remarkably low rating is casting a dark shadow over Republican chances of keeping the White House in 2008, as the poll finds each of the leading Democratic contenders beating the GOP frontrunners in head-to-head matchups.

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