If you had to pick one person....

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Al Gore???

You must have hit your head HARD.

There are many good suggestions.

- George Wallace (why not Stom Thurmond in '48)

Of late I think it started w/the Republican attack machine on Clinton -which only came up with his messing around with a yougn woman. Not nice for his family... but not whitewater. It left and incredibly bitter taste in people's mouths. Don't forget that Clinton was getting consistent mid-high 60's approvals during the impeachment.

The election was a big problem - Gore's only responsibilty was not handling the PR campaign correctly and screwing up with the selective recounts.

The Bush presidency pre-9/11 was looking pretty awful - people weren't happy.

The attacks happen the country... and the world rally.

Then the Iraq adventure.

But Dazz is right... if anyone is to blame... it's the PEOPLE.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

The Bush presidency pre-9/11 was looking pretty awful - people weren't happy.

Bush was actually reasonably popular before 9/11.  IIRC, he had approval ratings in the mid 50s in the summer of 2001, so I don't think that statement is correct.  After 9/11 of course, his approval ratings went way up, as they usually do for any president in that type of situation.

Allow me to rephrase.

Bush's approval rating had slipped I believe to the high 40s... 49% I think.

Bush's honeymoon was VERY short. Let's not forget the sh*t he copped for his holiday in August.

People were not terribly happy with him - that has to be one of the lowest approvals within a year.