Newsweek: Wrong Track At 68%
It's hard to know how these numbers could possibly read worse for President Bush, even after a week and a half where (arguably) the White House managed to keep the major media from ruminating on Bush's woes.
The poll says 50% disagree with the notion that Bush is "is honest and ethical."
More: "Only 36 percent of Americans approve of the job he is doing as president, and an astounding 68 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the direction of the country -- the highest in Bush's presidency."
"The president can take some solace in the fact that 42 percent of Americans believe he is honest and ethical. Only 29 percent believe that Vice President Dick Cheney is. And more than a quarter of Republicans, 26 percent, believe the vice president is not honest and ethical. The growing credibility gap could have ramifications across the president's agenda: 56 percent of Americans say Bush "won't be able to get much done;" only 36 percent say he "can be effective."