The latest Fox News poll shows that President Bush’s approval rating has risen by 6 percentage points during the past three weeks. It now stands at a not so lofty but not dreadful 42 percent.
42 percent — even if it is true — is dreadful, historically speaking (see, example, Clinton’s approval ratings through out his eight year term — almost never below 50% (and never as low as 42% in any poll) — and usually over 60%). I guess the expectations for Bush are so low, even among his supporters, that 42% is good news.
