Spiraling ever-downward

As we’ve watched Bush’s approval ratings drop and drop and drop over the last few years, it’s easy to lose perspective of the magnitude of his freefall. To gain that long-term perspective, here’s a new look at Bush’s approval numbers, courtesy of Stuart Eugene Thiel at Professor Pollkatz’s Pool of Polls:


And because some (like me) may find all those black lines and numbers distracting, here is the identical graph, with all the black ink Photoshopped out:


Pretty eye-popping, yes?