The President appears to be "shooting the moon" with his current approval rating of 34 percent. The operational theory amongst the White House staff is "if you can't come out on top, lose big."Only two Presidents stand in the way of President Bush's title quest. Jimmy Carter's approval ratings plunged to 26 percent in July 1979. The current title holder, President Richard M. Nixon, sank to a 24 percent approval rating in July 1974 and resigned the next month. President Bush is intent on besting Tricky Dick's record.
The President may be closer to his goal than anyone knows. According to Seattle political analyst John Newton, "It's insane. I can't even reliably crunch the data anymore. There is no precedent for this kind of bumbling. The numbers are decelerating logarithmically! If I had to make a guess, George Bush's approval rating will be hovering in the high 'teens sometime in early May."
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