Just how much fallout will the liberals get???

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The Truth About Bush' s Poll Numbers

Democrats are rejoicing over President Bush' s declining popularity in opinion polls. Time for a reality check.

" When a politician sustains the kind of popularity that Bush has for such an extended period of time, a job approval in the 50s - which was once a level most politicians yearned for - is portrayed as a sign of serious problems," David Winston notes in Roll Call.

" Perhaps the easiest way to get some perspective on Bush' s job approval, however, is to compare his numbers to President Bill Clinton' s during roughly the same timeframe - the first 32 months in office.

Using Bush' s job approval numbers in major media surveys for just August, we find he averaged a 56 percent approve/38 percent disapprove. Contrast those numbers with Clinton' s in August 1995, his third year in office, and we see Clinton' s job approval average was 46 percent approve/43 percent disapprove."

Recall that Clinton, even with his so-so numbers, crushed Bob Dole in 1996.