Matt Blunt's Approval Rating Improves

What does the Columbia Missourian leave of of its story entitled "Blunt low in governor poll"? Let's see the lead:

A nationwide poll shows that Gov. Matt Blunt has the third-lowest approval rating among the nation’s 50 governors.

Blunt tied with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for 47th place in the July poll, conducted by Survey USA in New York City. The survey shows that Blunt has an approval rating of 35 percent and a disapproval rating of 60 percent.

Survey USA questioned by telephone 600 adults of voting age in each state from July 8 to 10, according to its Web site. Blunt's approval rating was two percentage points higher than his May rating and was unchanged from June. The margin of error for the Missouri poll was plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Let's see, it was a big issue in May when Matt Blunt had an approval rating of 33% (our mention here and actual Survey USA numbers here). Now that the approval rating has actually ticked upward, what do we get?

Jack Cardetti:

"All too often, Matt Blunt has fallen in the trap of what's politically expedient instead of what's good for the people," Cadetti said. "He has put our state up for sale to the highest bidder."

Cardetti cited Blunt's appointment of Randa Hayes as director of Missouri’s Division of Business Development and Trade and the influence the insurance industry exerted in the nomination of Dale Finke to direct the Missouri Department of Insurance.

I guess Randa Hayes and Dale Finke were worth 1% each, Mr. Cardetti?

Missourians Fired Up!:

Spence Jackson, who can always be counted on to offer some absurd morsel, doesn't let us down this time either. Apparently, he can't even contemplate the idea that Blunt is unpopular because of his actions as Governor. Instead he tries to blame Gov. Holden for Blunt's unpopularity.

Actually, the real question should be, why is Matt Blunt becoming more popular? Is it because the BLUNT BALANCES BUDGET ON BACKS OF.... hysteria is falling to background noise after the first six months? Is it because the breadlines and pestilence and everything else have yet to materialize? Dare we speculate, is it because of DMB2008?

Who cares? If Matt Blunt continues to gain 2% approval every two months, he will be in the top four by the time the presidential elections roll around in 2008, making him the candidate to beat!