“The financial crisis is pushing President Bush’s approval rating into record territory. The latest Gallup Poll finds that 25% of people approve of the way he’s handling his job — the lowest of his administration, and only 3 percentage points higher than the lowest rating any president has ever earned. Gallup editor Frank Newport writes: ‘Bush’s previous low point was 27%, measured about a week ago. The 25% approval rating is one point higher than Richard Nixon’s lowest job approval rating of 24% measured in the summer of 1974, and it is just three points higher than Harry Truman’s all-time Gallup low job approval rating of 22% measured in 1952.’” (10/06/08)