Newsweek just released a new poll with Bush at a 28% approval rating. Even worse for the Republicans is their future. Here is the breakdown by who will win in which match-up:

While the poll has some high marks for Clinton, it’s not all good news. Though the New York senator and former first lady aims to project an aura of inevitability that she will win the Democratic nomination, Obama beats the leading Republicans by larger margins than any other Democrat: besting Giuliani 50 to 43 percent, among registered voters; beating McCain 52 to 39 percent, and defeating Romney 58 percent to 29 percent.

Like Obama, Edwards defeats the Republicans by larger margins than Clinton does: the former Democratic vice-presidential nominee outdistances Giuliani by six points, McCain by 10 and Romney by 37, the largest lead in any of the head-to-head matchups. Meanwhile, Sen. Clinton wins 49 percent to 46 percent against Giuliani, well within the poll’s margin of error; 50 to 44 against McCain; and 57 to 35 against Romney.

When you consider Hotline’s poll released yesterday, it is safe to say the Democrats are sitting pretty. But how about the candidate field? Is everyone happy? Well one group is:

With 38 percent of Republicans dissatisfied with their party’s field, things could get interesting if former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson joins the race; 46 percent of Republicans who are dissatisfied with their candidates say he should (34 percent say he shouldn’t). Of the much smaller 14 percent of Democrats who are dissatisfied with their candidates, 60 percent say they want former vice president and Democratic nominee Al Gore to join the fray. Current New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Democrat who changed parties shortly before running for mayor, receives unenthusiastic support from both Republicans and Democrats: 18 percent of dissatisfied Democrats would like to see Bloomberg join the Democratic field, and an even more anemic 14 percent of Republicans would like to see him join theirs.

The happy group is the Democrats. 77% are happy with their choice, as opposed to the 52% of Republicans that are happy.

Something the online article doesn’t show, but was just covered on MSNBC is this pretty graphic:

Far more Americans now consider themselves Democrat than I have seen in a long time. Of course Independent is on the rise, but that generally helps out the Democrats even more.

I know the GOP loves to troll out the old talking points of “they are just polls”, but don’t let them fool you. They are scared to death by these numbers. There is also no real hope in sight for the GOP. I don’t think a Fred Thompson run will help them that much. As matter of fact there is an interesting selling point for Thompson being used by the GOP that could backfire. They love to say he only had 2 terms in the Senate and is not “political”. They can use this line, but that also voids their attack on Obama and Edwards of “not having experience”. That leaves it more to the issues versus talking point attacks, and that is something I feel Obama, Edwards and Clinton can all win on.

UPDATE:

TPM also has the results of another poll, where people actually want the Democrats to do more investigating of Bush. America is fed up with Republicans and it is starting to really show now.