Bush's approval rating

Bush Vetoes Health Measure

President Says He's Willing To Negotiate

By Michael Abramowitz and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writers
October 4, 2007

President Bush yesterday vetoed a $35 billion expansion of a popular children's health insurance program, a move that left him as politically isolated as he has ever been and had even Republican allies questioning his hard-line strategy.

Bush advisers said they remain hopeful that they can secure an extension of the 10-year-old program with a lower price tag, saying they want to open negotiations soon.

Two years ago President Bush said he would "do what it takes" to help New Orleans to recover from Hurricane Katrina, and even gave a toll-free number that displaced families could call. Today, that number is disconnected, just like all of the other promises President Bush made days after the storm

Poll: Bush approval drops to low of 29%

By Susan Page
USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — Opposition to the Iraq war has reached a record high, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, a development likely to complicate President Bush's efforts to hold together Republican support as the Senate begins debate this week on Pentagon priorities.

Bush's approval rating has reached a new low: 29%.

In the survey, taken Friday through Sunday, one in five Americans say the increase in U.S. forces in Iraq since January has made the situation there better. Half say it hasn't made a difference.

More than seven in 10 favor removing nearly all U.S. troops from Iraq by April.