BUSH'S NEGATIVES

I did a little work and averaged the Newsweek polls by quarter to get a sense of how W's negatives are trending. The answer: up.

Disapprove %
Q1:02 14%
Q2:02 18%
Q3:02 24%
Q4:02 29%
Q1:03 33%
Q2:03 26% (We won!)
Q3:03 38% (Oops...)
Q4:03 40%
Q1:04 44%