Bush Approval Rating Slips to 33%

Bush's low job approval is far below that of some of his two-term predecessors at this point in their second terms. In November 1985, President Reagan had a 65 percent approval rating, and Bill Clinton's job approval in November 1997 was 57 percent. Bush's rating is higher than Richard Nixon's was at the same point in his administration.

(This was posted this morning - and Bush's approval rating was at 35%. The same poll has fallen 2 points since then to 33%)