Bush’s numbers appear to be getting worse, according to this AP poll:
1. Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track?
-Right direction, 36 percent (35)
-Wrong track, 59 percent (59)
2. Overall, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
-Approve, 42 percent (43)
-Disapprove, 56 percent (55)
6. When it comes to handling the situation in Iraq, do you approve or disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling that issue?
-Approve, 40 percent (41)
-Disapprove, 59 percent (56)
7. When it comes to Social Security, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling that issue?
-Approve, 35 percent (37)
-Disapprove, 61 percent (59)
Gutshot. If these numbers don’t turn around, the best way to know they are accurate is to watch candidates in 2006 run from Bush, fearing reverse coat-tails. I just don;t know of any event that could change these numbers, but I could, as I frequently am, be wrong.