Bush hits 29% job approval in the new USAT/Gallup poll taken July 6-8. On the Gallup web site you can find the partisan break down of the job approval rating which shows Bush is registering only 68% approval among Republicans, just 21% approval among Independents, and only 7% approval among Democrats.

Also from the new Gallup poll:

> 36% say there "justification for Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President Bush at this time." That's nine points lower than the result from the ARG poll released Friday, and three percent below the poll released by Rasmussen Reports on Saturday.

> 62% of respondents said the issue of illegal immigration was either "extremely important" or "very important" to them. When asked how President Bush's handling of the immigration issue affected them, 39% said it caused them to "lose confidence" in Bush while only 10% said it caused them to "gain confidence" in the President. Fifty-one percent said it did not affect their opinion of President Bush.

> Asked the same question about the Libby commutation, 71% said it didn't affect their view of the President, 9% said it caused them to "gain confidence" in Bush, and 16% said it caused them to "lose confidence" in him. Overall, 66% said Bush should not have intervened in the Libby case at all, while 13% said he did the right thing and another 6% said Bush should have gone further and issued a full pardon to Libby.

Back on the Gallup web site you can find a partisan breakdown of the Libby question. The most interesting numbers are on the Republican side, and they do not seem to support the claim that's been repeated over and over during the last week that rank and file GOP members were upset with Bush for not issuing a full pardon to Libby. According to Gallup, a near majority of registered Republicans and Republican leaners (45%) felt Bush should not have intervened in the Libby case at all. Another 28% thought he did the right thing commuting Libby's sentence, while only 11% said he should have issued a full pardon. Sixteen percent had no opinion.

Not surprisingly, an overwhelming majority of Democrats and Democratic leaners (81%) said Bush should not have intervened in the Libby case at all. Only 3% agreed with the commutation, another 3% thought Bush should have issued a pardon, and 12% had no opinion.