In an article titlet
Bush Approval Rating at All-Time Low the Washington Post has crossed the Rubicon of Bush reporting:
Together, the poll portrays an increasingly unpopular president who is under siege at home and abroad. It also suggests that the public is growing impatient with an administration that once seemed so sure-footed but now seems unable to deal effectively with crises at home and abroad.
More. . .
Other interesting results:
The survey found that 76 percent of the public favors an investigation of federal storm response efforts by an independent commission similar to the one that probed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The proposal drew strong bipartisan support: 64 percent of all Republicans and 83 percent of Democrats favored creating the independent panel.
So expect to see the Katrina Commission starting up soon. Best of all:
The president's overall approval rating among Republicans has declined from 91 percent in January to 78 percent in the latest poll.
and
the percent who say he can be "trusted in a crisis" likewise has fallen from 60 percent to 49 percent now.
There is one worrying result in the poll:
. . .Americans were even more suspicious of Democrats' motives. Six in 10 said that Democrats critical of Bush for his handling of the hurricane were just trying to use the disaster for political advantage while a third said Democrats were genuinely interested in finding out what went wrong. A third of all Democrats were suspicious of their leaders' motives, as well as eight in 10 Republicans and six in 10 independents.