U.S. President George Bush's overall job approval rating has fallen to 34 percent from 42 percent last month, a CBS poll published Tuesday said.

In a telephone poll of 1,018 people between Feb. 22-26, 59 percent said they disapprove of the job the president is doing, an all-time low in the news organization's polls.

Pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a high, with just 30 percent approving of Bush's management of it.

Asked if the president cares about people, 51 percent said he doesn't, compared to 47 percent in a similar poll last fall.

More troublesome for Bush is a loss of Republican confidence regarding his support of allowing an Arabic company to manage six major U.S. seaports. A total of 70 percent of respondents said they were opposed to the deal, including 58 percent of Republicans.

The poll had a margin of error of 3 points.