Bush Poll Numbers

Surprise surprise, they've hit a new low. From the AP:

Public approval of President Bush has dipped to a new low in the Associated Press-Ipsos poll, driven by dissatisfaction with his handling of the economy.

A survey released Thursday showed 28 percent approve of the overall job Bush is doing. That was statistically tied with his previous low in the poll of 30 percent last month and in February.

Only 27 percent are happy with his job on the economy, which threatens to enter a recession and which many national surveys show is voters' top worry. That was worse than his previous low of 29 percent approval for handling the economy set in February, and down 4 percentage points from last month.

The complete poll results are here.

Our friends in the Congress aren't doing too well, either:

Congress was rated positively by 23 percent, a point above its worst mark. It has been mired in poor ratings since last summer, with many Democrats complaining it has not challenged Bush strenuously enough on Iraq and other issues and Republicans generally unhappy with its Democratic leaders.

But here's the bad news for dubya. When it comes to his support among people in his own party, he's down:

Highlighting Bush's broad unpopularity, 60 percent of Republicans approved of his overall job, his weakest showing yet with members of his own party. Just 7 percent of Democrats and 17 percent of independents approve.

On the economy, 54 percent of Republicans approve of Bush's efforts, another low.

7% of Democrats approved of the way dubya's been doing his job? Who are those people?

And finally the numbers say that only 24% of those polled believe that the country is headed in the right direction. It's been stuck in the twenty percentile for about a year -

This is a wonderful president. He's been doing such a wonderful job, hasn't he? The economy is heading down the tubes, his bloody war is still going on (with no "light at the end of the tunnel" says General Petraeus), and the death and destruction he brought on continues.

Heckuva Job, dubya!