claim: says in january 1992, george h. w. bush "probably had a 90 percent or even higher approval rating after the first gulf war."
author: john wisniewski
evidence_1: dec 2, 2012 ... comparing christie to president george h.w. bush, wisniewski, a state ... that in  january 1992, the 41st president "probably had a 90 percent or even higher  approval rating after the first gulf war, and in ... did bush really have a 90 percent  approval rating less than a year before losing his re-election bid?
evidence_2: says in january 1992, george h. w. bush "probably had a 90 percent or even  higher approval rating after the first gulf war." — politifact new jersey on  sunday ...
evidence_3: when the persian gulf war ended in march 1991, president george h. w. bush  had very high approval ratings, some even approaching 90 percent. ... the 1992  presidential campaign focused primarily on domestic issues, specifically the ...
evidence_4: education · education · higher education · k-12 ... gallup historical presidential  job approval statistics. overall averages. dates in office, average approval  rating. % ... george h.w. bush, january 1989-january 1993, 60.9 ... first-term  averages ... george w. bush, september 2001, 90 ... george h.w. bush, july  1992, 29.
evidence_5: the presidency of george h. w. bush began at noon est on january 20, 1989,  when george ... ultimately, bush had no choice but to compromise with  congress, and to .... we live in a peaceful, prosperous time, but we can make it  better. ...... in the persian gulf war and high approval ratings, reelection initially  looked likely.