From: "Mark" 

37% means something, but only in the sense of a relative time period -- one
that is leading up to an election. Bush isn't running, but keep running
against him, that'll get you far.

"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
news:ba5ek1tuau9e435d5u55421891e0blm265{at}4ax.com...
> 37% is the percentage of people who would approve of Bush even if he
> actually did jack off horses, in public.
>
> It is not a bullshit number and it is not meaningless, it is his base.
>
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 14:29:45 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote:
>
>>It was under 40% before the Miers nomination...  (most of the problem in
>>image is Iraq)
>>
>>- Bob Comer
>>
>>
>>"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>>news:4346ae29$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> That's always a meaningless statistic.  Right now 50% of Republican or
>>> more
>>> think the country is on the wrong track just because of Harriet Miers.
>>> Some
>>> would think its on the wrong track because things aren't conservative
>>> enough
>>> and Bush hasn't nuked Iraq and Iraq and North Korea yet.
>>>
>>> The 37% is bullshit also, unless possibly it reflects the Harriet Miers
>>> nomination, and that's the cause for this number.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>>> news:4346755d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>
>>>> "Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
>>>> news:MPG.1db02eec2d684d999896d8{at}news.barkto.com...
>>>> > CBS news poll
>>>> >
>>>> > 
>>>>
>>>> '69% say things in the U.S. are pretty seriously on the wrong track'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_conten
t_id=1001262434
>>>> NEW YORK A CBS News Poll released tonight found President
Bush at his
>>> lowest
>>>> popularity level ever, with just 37% approving the job he is doing.
>>>>
>>>> One of the most startling numbers: 69% say things in the U.S. are
>>>> pretty
>>>> seriously on the wrong track--the highest number since CBS
News started
>>>> asking the queston in 1983.
>>>>
>>>> Another: 55% now say the U.S. should have stayed out of Iraq, the
>>>> highest
>>>> figure to date. Almost 60% want us to "leave as soon
as possible"
>>>> compared
>>>> to 36% who want to "stay as long as it takes."
>>>>
>>>> Only 26% say the country is heading in the right direction, half the
>>> number
>>>> of two years ago.
>>>>
>>>> But the numbers for Bush are bad pretty much across the board:
>>>>
>>>> --32% approve of his handling of Iraq.
>>>>
>>>> --the same number say he shares their "priorities for
the country"
>>>>
>>>> --54% say the economy is getting worse.
>>>>
>>>> --62% urge cutting spending on Iraq to pay for hurricane rebuilding.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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