05/04/06 FOX News Poll: Bush Approval Rebounds Slightly...

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

...Staff Changes 'Window Dressing'

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194278,00.html

Thursday, May 04, 2006

NEW YORK — President Bush’s job approval rating inches up to 38 percent this week, a slight increase from last month, according to the latest FOX News Poll. A 53 percent majority of Americans disapproves of the president’s job performance. Even fewer Americans approve of the job Democrats and Republicans in Congress are doing, and over half say they are either extremely or very interested in the upcoming midterm election.

The new poll finds that President Bush has regained a bit of ground this week. Two weeks ago his approval rating hit a record low of 33 percent. His current 38 percent approval is almost identical to his 2006 average, which is 39 percent approve and 52 percent disapprove.

At the beginning of the year, 80 percent of Republicans approved of the job Bush was doing; now that’s down to 66 percent. It’s a similar story among conservatives: 68 percent approved in early January and 54 percent approve now. Today 16 percent of Democrats approve of Bush, which is about the same number as approved six months ago (13 percent). Opinion Dynamics Corporation conducted the national telephone poll of 900 registered voters for FOX News on May 2 and May 3.

"There has been a dispute in polling circles about whether or not to weight survey results by party identification," comments Opinion Dynamics Chairman John Gorman. "The FOX News poll is not weighted by party. We feel party identification moves around just like positions on issues and candidates.

[Initech]

1. Did Fox rig their polls again?

Everyone else has him at the 33 - 34% range.

[Jane Austin]

11. In the OP, it says they didn't weight the pollees by party.

Everybody knows there are more Dems than Pukes now, so not to weight it actually distorts it.

I think.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. What did Monkeyman do to improve his numbers?

The "double" skit at the WH Press Dinner? If that's all it takes for the American people, then we're in MUCH BIGGER trouble than I thought.:scared:

[blm]

5. It was the way the presscorps TALKED IT UP - W's a great guy dontcha know?

Really. Despite every major crime and failure. he's still a great guy to them. Or, at least, that's what they get paid to convey.

[LiberalEsto]

8. The photo-op with the puppy, IMHO. nt

[Cooley Hurd]

9. I missed that...

Did he feast on the puppy? ;)

[LiberalEsto]

10. You mean like that guy in Denmark who loves dog?

I'm not sure if Chimpy had a bite or not.

I can't recall the exact day last week, but it was a sickeningly contrived photo-op in New Orleans with a very small and adorable Golden Retriever pup.

I'm surprised PETA hasn't issued manifestos against exposing innocent animals to unspeakable evil.

[0007]

12. Tony Snow joined the White House and when Tony starts

work junior's numbers will go higher.

[Dogmudgeon]

3. Oh those quantum fluctuations!

It's amazing what a photon or two can do to the statistical base.

Bush is still neck-deep in fermenting diarrhea.

--p!

[Zynx]

4. Big whoop. 38% is a shit number still and the variance is statistical

noise, nothing more.

[hadrons]

6. news of big bad lib Colbert making fun of Dumbya "rallied" the freaks

[chelsea0011]

7. And exactly what has Bush done to cause a rebound. Sounds to me

like poll shopping by Faux.

[w4rma]

13. No change. Still within margin of error. Fox News is being Fox News. (nt)

[gratuitous]

14. Doncha like the way they said . . .

"Even fewer Americans approve of the job Democrats and Republicans in Congress are doing . . ."

I'd be willing to bet that's the first time Fox has ever used the locution "Democrats and Republicans." And you know damn well that, considering this bunch's penchant for words and what they mean, leading with the Democrats was meant to make it look like the Democrats are somehow in control of something, and therefore just as liable for all the screwing up going on in Washington right now.

Who does this crap work on, anyway, and are they liable to vote for Democrats if Faux and the other little minions don't tell them what to think all the time?

[madmark]

15. the backwash is on the march

[Exiled in America]

16. Remember Fahrenheit 9/11? FOX reports first for a reason: they lie and

..then push other media to follow their lead. :)

[Supersedeas]

17. the leader in Neo-Conservative world news--lets see who follows this time

MSNBC or CNN or both