The Daily Background
| Poll: President Bush hits new low
by Arlen Parsa
A new AP/Ipsos poll is out today:
Public approval of Congress has edged up a bit now that Democrats are back in control, but it’s still nothing to write home about. Approval for the way Congress is handling its job rose to 32 percent in the latest AP-Ipsos poll, up from a meager 27 percent a month earlier. That puts Congress on par with President Bush, whose 32 percent approval rating represents a new low for him in AP-Ipsos polling.
The Democrats, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , took control of Congress when the new session began on Jan. 4.
The softening of attitudes toward Congress suggests legislators may have an opportunity to improve their standing in the new year, but there appears to be little opening for Bush to move up similarly, public opinion experts believe.
Heh, Bush hits a new low, and the Democratically controlled Congress meets him at the same approval rating- though on the way up. Note that the poll was conducted Monday through Wednesday of this week, so the President had not yet made his prime time Iraq address on Wednesday night that 70% of Americans disagree with yet.
