{"id":7083,"date":"2006-04-07T12:45:22","date_gmt":"2006-04-07T16:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=7083"},"modified":"2006-04-07T12:45:22","modified_gmt":"2006-04-07T16:45:22","slug":"the-floor-drops-just-a-little-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/the-floor-drops-just-a-little-further\/","title":{"rendered":"The floor drops just a little further"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s see, Bush has been caught leaking classified information, Republicans can’t pass a budget, Tom DeLay has resigned, and they’re fighting amongst themselves over immigration. What could make the day a little better? How about the latest [tag]poll[\/tag]ing data<\/a>?<\/p>\n

President Bush’s [tag]approval ratings[\/tag] hit a series of new [tag]low[\/tag]s in an [tag]AP-Ipsos[\/tag] poll that also shows Republicans surrendering their advantage on national security grim election-year news for a party struggling to stay in power.<\/p>\n

[tag]Democrat[\/tag]ic leaders predicted they will seize control of one or both chambers of Congress in November. Republicans said they feared the worst unless the political landscape quickly changes.<\/p>\n

“These numbers are scary. We’ve lost every advantage we’ve ever had,” GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio said. “The good news is Democrats don’t have much of a plan. The bad news is they may not need one.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And this was before the public heard about the president leaks of classified information as political weapons.<\/p>\n

* Approval rating<\/i>: Just 36% of the public approves of [tag]Bush[\/tag]’s job performance, his lowest-ever rating in AP-Ipsos polling.<\/p>\n

* Terrorism<\/i>: Only 40% of the public approves of Bush’s performance on foreign policy and the war on [tag]terror[\/tag], another low-water mark for his presidency.<\/p>\n

* Iraq<\/i>: Just 35% of the public approves of Bush’s handling of [tag]Iraq[\/tag], his lowest in AP-Ipsos polling.<\/p>\n

* Congress<\/i>: Just 30 % of the public approves of the GOP-led Congress’ job performance, and Republicans seem to be shouldering the blame. By a 49-33 margin, the public favors [tag]Democrats[\/tag] over [tag]Republicans[\/tag] when asked which party should control Congress.<\/p>\n

* Parties and national security<\/i>: Republicans are now locked in a tie with Democrats 41% each on the question of which party people trust to protect the country.<\/p>\n

Now, if only the election weren’t seven months away….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let’s see, Bush has been caught leaking classified information, Republicans can’t pass a budget, Tom DeLay has resigned, and they’re fighting amongst themselves over immigration. What could make the day a little better? How about the latest [tag]poll[\/tag]ing data? President Bush’s [tag]approval ratings[\/tag] hit a series of new [tag]low[\/tag]s in an [tag]AP-Ipsos[\/tag] poll that also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}