Following the CBS/NY Times Poll, an ABC/Washington Post poll confirms the trouble Republicans are in.

Asked: Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Do you approve/disapprove strongly or somewhat?

Bush received his second worst rating since coming to office. 60% disapprove. Of those, 48% strongly disapprove. Of the 39% who approve, only 23% strongly approve of his performance.

In this poll, the disapproval rating hit 65% only once, in May of this year. But at that time, the strongly disapprove was only 47%.

On all individual items, Bush a majority disapproved. Iraq: 64%. Economy 56%. Terrorism 53%. So even on his strongest issue, Bush fails by a majority. The only area where his ratings improved was on the economy. Interestingly, the poll was taken the week the stock market hit a record high and his rating was still negative by a majority.

In this same poll, in 1998, only 9% said they were voting in the congressional election to show opposition to Bill Clinton. This was during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. In the latest poll, 35% said they would vote in the election to show opposition to Bush.