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Most Unpopular Ever; or, Why Bush Will Not Be Another Truman

Posted on November 10th, 2008 by Michael Stickings

A new CNN poll finds that Bush is “the most unpopular president since approval ratings were first sought more than six decades ago,” with disapproval ratings above 70 this year.
Which makes him more unpopular than Nixon… and Truman.
Yes, yes, I know, look what happened to Truman: Vindicated by history, now considered to be one of [...]

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Filed under: George W. Bush, Michael Stickings, Polls

Vilsack Revisited

Posted on February 9th, 2007 by Robert Stein

At this stage of the 1976 and 1992 elections, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton were little-known governors of small states with infinitesimal rankings in the Presidential polls.
That’s the slim reed to which Tom Vilsack’s 2008 hopes are lashed as the just-retired governor of Iowa makes his way, in media dimness, toward next year’s primaries.
“I’m not [...]

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Filed under: Election '08, Politics