This is amazing. There is currently an AOL poll in process asking a number of questions regarding approval, effectiveness as President, major issues impacting polls, ability for Bush to rebound, Miers, etc. As AOL users tend toward moderate/conservative views in polling, the results are astoundingly bad for Bush. Here is the link:
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20051013102009990011&ncid=NWS00010000000001
Here are the results:
How would you rate President Bush's overall performance?
Poor 73%
Good 10%
Excellent 10%
Fair 7%
Do Bush's poll ratings signal long-term trouble for him?
Yes 75%
No 25%
Which issue do you believe has been the most damaging for him?
War in Iraq 69%
Hurricane Katrina 16%
Rising gas prices 14%
Do you think Bush will be remembered as an effective president?
No 84%
Yes 16%
Harriet Miers will get confirmed to the Supreme Court.
Fiction 55%
Fact 45%
President Bush's approval rating will jump by this time next year.
Fiction 78%
Fact 22%
And here is the biggest surprise, a question related to future prospects for Dem control of congress:
Democrats will win control of Congress in 2006.
Fact 70%
Fiction 30%