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Bush has lost an average of one percentage point in popularity each month since February 2005
Most worrisome for Bush, his latest approval figures are among the lowest measured for any president in the past 50 years
With congressional mid-term elections less than six months away, Republicans increasingly fear Bush's unpopularity could drag them down
Barring some huge changes or demonstrations of success, it's hard to imagine this president pulling a rabbit out of a hat
Unabated violence in Iraq is seen inside and outside the White House as Bush's biggest problem. On the home front, high gasoline prices and rising health care costs have stirred anxiety and pessimism among working Americans, overshadowing good news about the broad state of the economy
Another worry within the White House is that Bush, who has two-and-a-half years left in office, is heading rapidly toward "lame duck" status in which he will have limited leverage to influence the domestic debate in Congress, especially if Democrats win control of Congress in November
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The all-time low in presidency approval was Harry Truman's 22 percent in February 1952. Truman is now seen as one of the country's great presidents.
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There's a good chance GWB will beat Truman, with 2 1/2 years to go and no quick way out of the Iraq snafu and potentially a war with Iran, he might even break the record low