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Concerns over Economy Push George W. Bush's Overall Job Approval to New Low
American Research Group, Inc. ^ | February 20, 2008

Posted on 02/20/2008 10:34:35 PM PST by gondramB

Among all Americans, 19% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 77% disapprove. When it comes to Bush's handling of the economy, 14% approve and 79% disapprove. ...

A total of 78% of Americans say the national economy is getting worse and 47% say the national economy is in a recession.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanresearchgroup.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: polls; president
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To: trumandogz

I thought he did not want Bush to get ‘too close’. . .guess John is just really tired here. But good grief; better it had been his wife, whose shoulder he falls apart on. . .


41 posted on 02/21/2008 2:33:00 AM PST by cricket (Damn Political Correctness; before it irretrievably, damns us all. . .)
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To: gondramB

“....47% say the national economy is in a recession...”

Idiots on display.


42 posted on 02/21/2008 4:09:25 AM PST by CSM (Kakistocracy: Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.)
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To: gondramB

I think he’s an awesome President.


43 posted on 02/21/2008 4:09:41 AM PST by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: napscoordinator
His teeth are awful!!!

This ain't MTV: his teeth tell a story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain

44 posted on 02/21/2008 4:16:48 AM PST by Does so (...against all enemies, DOMESTIC and foreign...)
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To: incindiary
I'm no fan of Dubya, but in his defense... the president doesn't really have THAT much control over the economy, right?

I wouldn't call it control, but influence. And as a thought experiment compare the economy under Carter versus Reagan.

45 posted on 02/21/2008 4:22:00 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Does so

Does everything have to be about POW time. Seriously, that does not qualify him for President. Good on him for surviving and is a hero. But he gets 1000 dollars a month for being a POW, got at least one award out of it. Probably numerous promotions since he retired as a Captain. What more does this guy deserve??? We are all proud of him for it, but enough is enough.


46 posted on 02/21/2008 4:23:22 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: ME-262
felons: $12/Hr
drunks: $15+ great benefits
Anybody...willing to relocate...manual labor: 8-10$/Hr.

There is your problem.

I'm neither a drunk nor a felon.

If you can't offer me more than the market rate for drunks and felons, I'll keep my $9.65+OT+Vac etc. job in Michiganistan.

When you're ready to make a serious offer, we'll talk.

47 posted on 02/21/2008 4:34:07 AM PST by ExGeeEye (NIE or no NIE, I've been waiting since 11/04/79 to do something about Iran.)
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To: ME-262

Oh, and thank you for another opportunity to thank God for my job.


48 posted on 02/21/2008 4:36:20 AM PST by ExGeeEye (NIE or no NIE, I've been waiting since 11/04/79 to do something about Iran.)
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To: gondramB
That was a really unfortunate position for the administration to take - they are supposed to be on our side on the 2nd amendment.

Actually, the 2nd amendment exists because the administration is not "on our [The People's] side"...

49 posted on 02/21/2008 5:39:32 AM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Greenpees

The unemployment rate is still under five percent which means people are still buying things. No soupline yet, although Big Media would like us to believe one is in the immediate future. Unless of course we adopt sane, rational leftist socialist measures. (smirk)


50 posted on 02/21/2008 6:14:56 AM PST by driftless2
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To: LaurenD
"not trickling down"

Provide some facts for that outrageous statement please.

51 posted on 02/21/2008 6:16:47 AM PST by driftless2
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To: ME-262

A huge problem is that many people who live in somewhat depressed areas (Michigan) expect to stay put and the jobs come to them. As you pointed out about Wichita the jobs are there. Or other places. But people have to be willing to relocate. I’ve passed large buildings in the Twin Cities that had huge signs on the sides advertising for workers with their starting pay ($15.00) on them.


52 posted on 02/21/2008 6:21:33 AM PST by driftless2
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To: gondramB

I go with Rasmussen Report’s approval rating. They usually do a 3 day rolling average and have just now gone to weekly.

Bush is at 35% Approval.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/political_updates/president_bush_job_approval


53 posted on 02/21/2008 7:13:09 AM PST by avacado
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To: LaurenD
" It not trickling down fairly to those helping to create it doesn’t show up in the GDP."

Errr... the entire federal income rate was slashed under Bush's tax cuts. I keep $4k more of my paycheck each year. If you earn a paycheck, its "trickled" down for you already.

54 posted on 02/21/2008 7:15:04 AM PST by avacado
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To: torchthemummy
The only value of this poll is to once again prove the dumbing down of America.

The real proof of dumbing down of America is in the two candidates the major parties have produced this year.

The triumph of mediocrity.

55 posted on 02/21/2008 7:15:22 AM PST by dfwgator (11+7+15=3 Heismans)
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To: ME-262
Since we're pretending that the law of supply and demand doesn't apply to labor, we can make all kinds of anecdotal assumptions about why you can't fill these jobs.

In the meantime, I'll bet Wichita has a few (maybe more) high school and college students for whom $12 an hour would provide an acceptable incentive to apply, and it might provide enough income for them to pay for books, tuition, and an occasional tank of gas. If two or three of them work together, they might be able to swing a car payment, apartment, and groceries with that income.

The bottom line is that you get what you pay for -- sometimes. What you are offering is not a career for a lifetime, but it sounds like honest work for a short-term job, probably with different shifts.

You could do yourself and your community a big favor by recruiting students. Some of them might move on to something better, but if training can be done quickly (and from your description, it sounds possible) you can replace them with new student hires rather quickly.

I'll bet you can even find out-of-work IT people in your area who desperately need a job, any job, and they generally aren't drunks and druggies. They just need a job. Of course, you would have to put up with higher IQs and education than your own, and might hear occasional hints about process improvement, but that shouldn't deter you from hiring them. You could get the work done that you need, and it would help them survive. They might leave someday also, but you could find more.

56 posted on 02/21/2008 7:16:10 AM PST by meadsjn
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To: gondramB
One of the unfortunate side-effects of the government declaring itself authoritative over every facet of life: every facet of life that goes bad becomes the government's fault.

It's pathetic how many people look to the government as their savior.

57 posted on 02/21/2008 7:19:55 AM PST by TChris ("if somebody agrees with me 70% of the time, rather than 100%, that doesn’t make him my enemy." -RR)
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To: gondramB

Count me among the 14% who approve of the President.


58 posted on 02/21/2008 6:14:30 PM PST by what's up
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To: Anti-Bubba182

True but still what is mostly rotten here is that Presidents have very little effect on real economic trends. The Fed, Congress, Ways and Means guys like Rangel have far more as do the vagaries of the Market, OPEC, and other foreign investors as well as the weather, bubbles et al. The public is badly served once more that over the last 78 years, the media has put forward the idea that Presidents rule the economic model ala FDR. It is mostly untrue.


59 posted on 02/21/2008 7:43:56 PM PST by phillyfanatic ( tH)
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