Post Tagged with: "George Bush"
Statistic of the day: George W. Bush’s ratings
As the economy has faltered, George W. Bush’s approval numbers have plummeted. All of this has occurred despite Americans’ belief that the strategy in Iraq is bearing fruit. And last year, Iraq was a central issue for most voting Americans. Below are George W. Bush’s ratings as recounted by Political Wire: A new Washington Post/ABC
Bush job approval is now only 19%
Hank Paulson seems to be everywhere these days. However, it does seem that U.S. President George W. Bush has vanished since the credit crisis began. The result? The lowest approval rating of the Bush Presidency, with a full 78% disapproving of his handling of the economy. George W. Bush’s Overall Job Approval Matches ARG LowAs
Bush: ever the opportunist, lifts oil drilling ban
George W. Bush certainly has chutzpah. Ever the opportunist, he has taken advantage of high oil prices to lift the ban on offshore oil drilling. Americans continue to allow this President free reign and Congress as allowed him creeping presidential power, abdicating its role as a check on the executive branch. First, there was FISA
Crony capitalism: Bush policies on oil and in Iraq
I am starting to become quite cynical about the Bush Administration and crony capitalism. There may be no smoking gun, no e-mail chain to indict conspirators. The Bushies may break no laws. But, it is increasingly obvious that the War in Iraq and Bush policy on oil is very much about crony capitalism. Yesterday and
Obama sees Bush behind weak dollar
Barack Obama, speaking at a gathering in Gary, Indiana, made some very accurate comments about the dollar’s weakness and its causes (see Reuters story). “We are spending all our money, spending overseas and spending dollars and nobody is buying things from us,” Obama told a town hall event in Gary, Indiana, in response to a