From: "Gary Britt" 

Yep, which is why the election year type popularity push polls aren't
relevant.  Hence my comment.

Gary

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:42f489e4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Psst. that's irrelevant.  Running the country is what's really relevant,
not
> the election process.
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:42f44c69$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Pssst.   The election was last year.   Bush won.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> > news:42f445f4{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> A solid majority still like Bush - they just don't trust him
> >>
> >> http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1013580
> >>
> >> WASHINGTON Aug 5, 2005 - Less than half of Americans now say they think
> >> President Bush is honest, according to an AP-Ipsos poll taken at a time
> >> of
> >> increasing concerns about Iraq, a potential problem for a president who
> > won
> >> re-election declaring that "people know where I stand."
> >>
> >> The percentage of people who say they consider Bush honest has dropped
> >> slightly from the start of the year. In January, 53 percent described
him
> >> that way in the AP-Ipsos poll, while 45 percent said they did not
believe
> > he
> >> was honest. Now, people are just about evenly split 48 percent saying
> >> he's
> >> honest and 50 percent saying he's not.
> >>
> >> "Whether you agree or disagree with him, the president has taken a
> > pounding
> >> on perceptions of his honesty," said Karlyn Bowman, a
public opinion
> > analyst
> >> at the American Enterprise Institute. She cited as one example the
> >> administration's claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, but
> > none
> >> have been found
> >>
> >> A solid majority still see Bush as likable and a strong leader, but a
> >> growing number view the president's confidence as arrogance, up from 49
> >> percent in January to 56 percent now.
> >>
> >> Bush's overall job approval was at 42 percent, with 55 percent
> > disapproving.
> >> That's about where his approval rating has been all summer but slightly
> >> lower than it was when the year began. His approval on handling Iraq
was
> > at
> >> 38 percent.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>

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