Polls are polls. They change. Particularly when manipulated by the actions of a President from his bully pulpit.
None the less, trends are trends. And Newsweek’s just released numbers from Apr. 8 – 9, would show an alarming one for the “President”. These numbers and trends are also echoed by virtually every other recently released poll.
If polls are good enough to make Rush cream in his pants, they are good enough for me too.
Bush’s handling of Iraq
APPROVE: %44 DISAPPROVE: %51
(One year ago)
APPROVE: %69 DISAPPROVE %26
Bush’s handling of terrorism and homeland security
APPROVE %59 (down from %70 earlier this year)
Bush Admin underestimated threat of terror attacks on U.S. soil
AGREE: %60
Has Bush Admin INCREASED or DECREASED risk of large number of people being killed or injured in future terrorist attacks in the United States
INCREASED: %42 DECREASED: %29
(End of last year)
INCREASED: %28 DECREASED: %30
Concerned that Iraq will become another Vietnam
VERY/SOMEWHAT CONCERNED: %64
NOT TOO/NOT AT ALL: %34
Satisfied or Dissatisfied with the way things are going in this country
SATISFIED: %36 DISSATISFIED: %59
Bush’s handling of the economy
APPROVE: %41 DISAPPROVE: %55
Bush vs Kerry
KERRY: %50 BUSH: %43
You know how I feel about polls (worthless). Here is one for you for 4/20/4, on the anniversary of Waco, with Janet Reno taking full responsibility, not Clinton, and NOTHING happened to her.
CNNUSATODAYGALLUP POLL: Despite Iraq, Bush leads Kerry 51% to 46% among ‘likely’…
"on the anniversary of Waco, with Janet Reno taking full responsibility, not Clinton, and NOTHING happened to her"
Interesting you should bring that up. As I recall, you were stronly in favor of her ouster because of that. And I infer from your statement that something *should* have happened to her.
So after, what, 30 or 40 Americans in the process of obstructing a police investigation got killed you felt she should be removed from her post.
Do you feel the same way now that hundreds of Americans have been killed and thousands more have died because of mistakes made by Tenet, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz? Should they be removed?
Or would you like to have it both ways as usual?