Oops...

Yes. I do make mistakes. Darn adult ADD!! Regardless, I think she might be playing possum with me.

First, let me apologize for a mistake. One of my links was directed to the wrong place. It should have taken you here My second link was correct. Thank you for your patience.

You don't know where my data came from? Let me help. First, as you may have noticed, the second [correctly linked] CQ report explained, "The table below shows how frequently House lawmakers have supported President Bush during roll-call votes this year. The 2006 support scores reflect the percentage of the time that a lawmaker's vote on the floor matched a clear presidential position." So, their methods should be fairly clear.

Next, I took that data [from both reports] and calculated the average percentage that Republicans supported president Bush. Granted, the 2007 data is pointless because he was a lame duck, Republicans were desperately trying to separate themselves from an unbelievably unpopular President, and they could do so without any repercussions because they were a politically irrelevant minority. At that point, they could have voted for his impeachment and seen a 5% bump in their polling among Rush Limbaugh listeners. Not to mention that they didn't want or need President Bush's support in 08.

However, if your observation was true, his support should have been much lower in 05 and 06. In fact, one could argue that it should have been lower in 07.

Hopefully this clears up my point and methodology.