Political reversals at home and continued bad news from Iraq have dragged President Bush’s standing with the public to a new low and boosted Democratic chances of wresting control of Congress from Republicans in the November elections, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Today’s Post reports that a new survey found that 38 percent of the public approved of the job Bush is doing as president, down 3 percentage points in the past month and his worst showing in Post-ABC polling on this key measure since he became president. Sixty percent disapproved of his performance.
According to the Post, “the latest survey offers bleak news to Republicans but encouragement to Democrats poised to challenge the GOP in congressional elections less than seven months away.
“The poll comes days after new revelations in the investigation into who leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame to the media and after the president received a major setback in the Senate when an immigration deal favored by some in the White House collapsed on Friday.”