When we play games at home, there are times when one person doesn't so much win as the other person loses. I think that's an apt description for how the recent presidential election ended up, so it should be no surprise to read something like this:
But in the new Times survey, the public is split almost exactly in half on Bush's performance — a finding in line with four other national surveys released in the last week that placed his approval rating from 50% to 53%. In recent times, the Gallup Poll found that only President Nixon received such an equivocal rating at the start of a second term.
As Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fana Bo Besca III would say, "How apropoo."
'It is remarkable that, as far as I can tell, there's been no post-election rally, which you typically see,' said Alan Abramowitz, a political scientist at Emory University in Atlanta. 'It just reflects the polarization of the country. Nothing that has happened since the election has changed that.'
I must say, this is not for lack of trying. I can't count the number of articles I've come across in recent days playing up Dubya as something just short of the Second Coming. Witness the cover of this week's US News, for example. They can polish that turd all they want, but as anyone with their eyes open should be able to see, all that really gets you is a shiny turd and hands that desperately need washing, to boot.
Posted by Jason at January 19, 2005 10:10 AM