Lol. Not sure what connection the Canadian dollar has to do with Bush's approval ratings, but this little gem caught my eye in that linked article:
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Just 35 percent of those surveyed rated the economy as either excellent or good, with 65 percent describing it as not so good or poor. Although the government reported last week that gross domestic product rose 3.8 percent in the last quarter, despite the effects of Hurricane Katrina, 29 percent of those surveyed said they regard the economy as poor, the highest recorded during Bush's presidency.
If anything provides a shining example of why polls aren't accurate reflections of reality, this is it. Let's see. Record high GDP growth. Low unemployement. Low inflation. Low interest rates. Interestingly enough consumer confidence is at a high level, yet the polls taken by news outlets like ABC and the Washington Post show lower and lower approval on "the economy".
Hmmm... So. Either the actual numbers which measure the quality of the economy are wrong, or the polls are. I'm pretty sure which is which...