When this President is popular again...

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Bush will never be in the '50s again. I mean, you Republicans are all happy that the latest Newsweek poll had his approval rating go up.... to 40%.

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Problem with your statement is that many of his cronies were actually qualified (Gonzales, Evans), but this one clearly isn't.

Most of them aren't qualified. Plenty of Mike Browns.

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It's funny how everybody believes they can predict what the president's popularity will be over the next 3 years.

Except for the period immediately after 9/11, Bush has never been highly popular.  For most of his term, he has been reasonably popular, and popular enough to be re-elected, but not highly popular.

We need to get some historical perspective here.  Presidents who have been highly popular, as Nixon was at the start of his second term, have been destroyed.  On the other hand, presidents who have had difficulties and appeared to be finished have rebounded strongly -- FDR, Reagan, even Eisenhower had some problems during his second term.

So I think it's a mistake to project 3 years out into the future based on what is happening now.  It seems big now, but in 3 years it may well be a blip.  Only time will tell.

His disapproval rating has almost always been going up.

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Bush has always surrounded himself with cronies. He cares little about actual qualifications.

Ya, I remember how qualified Webster Hubbell (of Arkansas) was during Clinton's term. 

They all do the same thing, c'mon.

Clinton didn't appoint a cronie to the supreme court.  Bush did.

Exactly. Clinton didn't consider Ginsburg, and might not have even heard of her, until Senator Hatch of Utah suggested her.

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And he is finally below 30% in California! 28% approve 69% disapprove (41% net disapproval)

New York is still cooler with their 24-74 rating.