Popularity

This article in the Wall Street Journal makes what most people would consider bad news for the President to be a not so bad thing:

Bush’s Lowest Rating Tops
Worst Marks for Nixon, Carter
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE

Despite President Bush’s low popularity, he is still getting better marks than the weakest ratings for Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter, according to a new analysis from Harris Interactive.

In an April poll, Harris found that President Bush’s popularity had sunk to the lowest level of his presidency, with 28% of U.S. adults giving his job performance positive ratings and 70% rating him negatively.