From: "Robert Comer" 

It was under 40% before the Miers nomination...  (most of the problem in
image is Iraq)

- Bob Comer


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:4346ae29$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> That's always a meaningless statistic.  Right now 50% of Republican or
> more
> think the country is on the wrong track just because of Harriet Miers.
> Some
> would think its on the wrong track because things aren't conservative
> enough
> and Bush hasn't nuked Iraq and Iraq and North Korea yet.
>
> The 37% is bullshit also, unless possibly it reflects the Harriet Miers
> nomination, and that's the cause for this number.
>
> Gary
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:4346755d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>> "Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
>> news:MPG.1db02eec2d684d999896d8{at}news.barkto.com...
>> > CBS news poll
>> >
>> > 
>>
>> '69% say things in the U.S. are pretty seriously on the wrong track'
>>
>>
>>
> http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_
id=1001262434
>> NEW YORK A CBS News Poll released tonight found President Bush at his
> lowest
>> popularity level ever, with just 37% approving the job he is doing.
>>
>> One of the most startling numbers: 69% say things in the U.S. are pretty
>> seriously on the wrong track--the highest number since CBS News started
>> asking the queston in 1983.
>>
>> Another: 55% now say the U.S. should have stayed out of Iraq, the highest
>> figure to date. Almost 60% want us to "leave as soon as possible"
>> compared
>> to 36% who want to "stay as long as it takes."
>>
>> Only 26% say the country is heading in the right direction, half the
> number
>> of two years ago.
>>
>> But the numbers for Bush are bad pretty much across the board:
>>
>> --32% approve of his handling of Iraq.
>>
>> --the same number say he shares their "priorities for the country"
>>
>> --54% say the economy is getting worse.
>>
>> --62% urge cutting spending on Iraq to pay for hurricane rebuilding.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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