Bush now ranks as the most consistently unpopular president since the advent of modern political polling.

In a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, respondents were asked to volunteer their assessments of how Bush would be remembered after he leaves office. The most frequent response, from 56 people, was ‘incompetent,’ followed by ‘idiot,’ ‘arrogant,’ ‘ignorant,’ ’stupid,’ and so on. Nine people volunteered a three-letter synonym for donkey.