1) I love the title of this SLOG post.

2) Charles, a 2% approval rating does seem dismal. I don’t know how that will translate in an election. But in 2000, black voters went 90% for Gore/ 8% for Bush/1% for Nader. And black voters ages 18-29, as well as black voters ages 30-44 went 91% for Gore.

In 2004, Bush picked up a little ground, getting 11% of the black voter instead of 8%. And among black voters ages 18-29, it was a slight drop off from Gore, w/ young black voters going 86% for Kerry instead of the 91% for Gore.

But let’s hear it for black women voters, who appear to be our only hope. Outside of the category “black democrats”—which, no surprise, went 97% for Gore in 2000 and 96% for Kerry in 2004—black women voters went 94% for Gore in 2000 and stayed at 90% for Kerry in 2004.