Bush's Poll Numbers On The Rise

Here's an interesting round up of Bush's approval poll numbers from Real Clear Politics.

CNN currently has the President at 37% approval. That poll previously had him at 34%.

Fox News has the President at 40% approval. Previously they had him at 35%.

An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll has the President at 37%. Previously they had him at 36%.

a USA Today/Gallup poll has the President at 38%. Previously they had him at 36%.

And an Associated Press/Ipsos poll had the President at 35%, up from 33% previously.

Two recent polls did have the President falling in his approval numbers. The most recent Rasmussen poll has the President down to 40% approval from 41% previously while CBS News has the President at 33%, down from 35% previously.

So what can we conclude from all this? Well, I don't put a whole lot of stock in any single poll, but when a whole group of polls shows an upward trend in the President's approval numbers one has to conclude that public opinion is turning - at least moderately - in his favor right now.

Of course, don't expect to hear about this upward trend in approval numbers in the media. They'll report on the President dropping a point or two in an approval poll, but when he goes up a point or two it isn't considered newsworthy. Instead, expect to be lambasted with ever negative story about Iraq and the Bush administration the media can scrape together.

You can read more from Rob Port at SayAnythingBlog.com