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by digby

I know this will come as a great disappointment to Republicans who have taken to saying that the NSA spy scandal boosted Bush’s approval ratings ten points, but the new CNN/USA Today poll has his job approval rating at 41%, which is down a point from the last one. In fact, his rating has been pretty steady at around 40% since last August.

Just as point of contrast:

December 20, 1998
Web posted at: 10:48 p.m. EST (0348 GMT)

(AllPolitics, December 20) — In the wake of the House of Representatives’ approval of two articles of impeachment, Bill Clinton’s approval rating has jumped 10 points to 73 percent, the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll shows.

Bush also hit a new low in “favorable opinion” down to 46%. Some might think he would be described as unpopular since they called him popular until he hit 48%. But no. He’s now “poised for a comeback.”

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