Venturing over to the dark side, to see what Rasmussen has been cooking up for the GOP, I saw that they have Bush's "approval" at 45% and disapproval at 54%.
This is broken out as: 24% strongly approve
21% somewhat approve
15% somewhat disapprove
39% strongly disapprove
This appears to equal what Rasmussen was reporting at the beginning/middle of August. There appeared to be slight gains until the end of August but those -if they existed- seem to have eroded. I don't know what this portends in terms of a bump trend. I'm not real savvy when it comes to the nitty gritty of polls. From where I'm sitting, however, if it means anything, it seems as if his dramatic show of photo-opportunity/rolled shirt-sleeves strength has meant very little to date.