Bush's Approval Rating Falls in AP Poll

From the AP via the Baton Rouge Advocate:

President Bush is entering his second term with the lowest approval ratings of any recent two-term president, even as he talks about an ambitious agenda of change, an Associated Press poll finds.

Congress is viewed even more negatively - a troubling sign for Bush and Congress as they tackle such proposals as creating private accounts for those in the Social Security system, overhauling the federal tax code and limiting lawsuit damages.

Bush's approval rating is at 49 percent in the AP poll with 49 percent disapproving among all of those polled. His job approval is in the high 40s or low 50s in several other recent polls - as low as any job approval rating for a re-elected president at the start of the second term in more than 50 years.

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There's your mandate right there. For some reason, Bush thinks these numbers are high enough to justify destroying one of the most successful and popular social programs in the history of the United States. What's amazing is that despite his low approval rating, the President will probably get away with it. If anything, the Republicans have taught us some lessons in the art of weilding power over the last decade or so. Now, are the Democrats willing to take these lessons to heart?

Probably not.

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