Governor Bob Taft of Ohio has achieved something remarkable. If this poll is to be believed, he currently has an approval rating of 6.5% and no, I didn't misplace the decimal point. This bests former Illinois governor George Ryan who once notched a 7% approval rating.
Now, as it happens, this is not a poll I particularly trust but let's pretend for a minute it's accurate. That would have to be quite liberating for Mr. Taft. I mean, it's not like he's sitting there, fretting how to get his poll numbers up. It's over. The guy could go out and start selling methamphetamine to pre-schoolers and it wouldn't harm his popularity that much. The 6.5% probably represents people who profited over the governor's financial shenanigans and they're not going to abandon him over a little thing like that.
Do you realize how low 6.5% is? My state recalled a governor named Gray Davis when he hit 25%. That's almost four times as popular as Bob Taft.
I don't know what the current number is but a few years ago, 9% of all Americans told pollsters that either they or someone in their family had had contact with beings from outer space. If that's still the case then more people think they've met Martians than believe Bob Taft is a good governor. You know how bad this guy is doing? If he were to run for re-election, Alan Keyes could beat him.
Bob Taft is in his second term. There are people who voted for this man twice.