Bush Approval Rating Lowest Since Nixon

 

Amid the most biggest security lockdown ever for an inauguration, a new CBS/New York Times poll shows that President Bush has the lowest approval rating at the start of a second term since Richard Nixon. Bush’s 49 percent approval is below Nixon’s rating of 51 percent in January 1973 and Bush trails Bill Clinton’s 60 percent and Ronald Reagan'€™s 62 percent at similar points.

The Wall Street Journal reported similar poll results today concluding that while Americans are leery of administration policies they are more approving of Bush's personal qualities, especially in a crisis.