Bush the most unpopular president in modern American history.

- While polls confirm that the current administration has the highest Disapproval record of any in modern times, it seems as if few people dislike president Bush personally.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. released A new poll that President Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history and that 71 percent of the American's disapprove of his job as president."No president has ever had a higher disapproval rating in any CNN or Gallup Poll; in fact, this is the first time that any president's disapproval rating has cracked the 70 percent mark," said Keating Holland, CNN's polling director.CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider adds, "He is more unpopular than Richard Nixon was just before he resigned from the presidency in August 1974." His disapproval rating dropped to 66 percent.
It is clear, that the presidents numbers are tied to support for the war in Iraq and the poll a showed that support for the war in Iraq has never been lower.
Support for the war has plummeted from a high of 80% to it's current level where 68 percent of American are against the war."Americans are growing more pessimistic about the war," Holland said. "In January, nearly half believed that things were going well for the U.S. in Iraq; now that figure has dropped to 39 percent."

However for most Americans this is not a "Personal thing".

Interviewing people at a downtown Chicago mall, I heard frequent similar comments.
"Hey, I have nothing against the guy, I just think Bush has us going in the wrong way", Said, new mom, Susan Gardner.
"Yea, I voted for him, he seemed more trustworthy that Gore, and the Dems, I still think so; but this war is bad and getting worse" Said Paul Briani.

For better or worse, President Bush is forever tied to Iraq.
Larry Lubell
Larry@UrbanInsuranceAgency