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    Newsweek Poll: Bush’s Battle
    More Americans are questioning U.S. strategy in Iraq.

    WEB EXCLUSIVE
    Newsweek
    Updated: 12:13 p.m. ET Aug. 6, 2005


    Aug. 6, 2005 - As U.S. troops endured a deadly week in Iraq, 61 percent of Americans polled say they disapprove of the way President George W. Bush is handling the war in Iraq, according to a new NEWSWEEK poll. Thirty four percent say they approve. This is Bush’s lowest rating on Iraq and the first time it has dropped below 40 percent in the NEWSWEEK poll. And 50 percent of those polled say the United States is losing ground in its efforts to establish security and democracy in Iraq; just 40 percent say the U.S. is making progress there.

    A NEWSWEEK poll taken one month ago showed that 41 percent of Americans approved of Bush’s handling of Iraq; 54 percent did not.

    While 26 percent of those polled say they support keeping large numbers of U.S. military personnel in Iraq for as long as it takes to achieve U.S. goals there, 38 percent say they would support keeping troops there less than a year, 13 percent say one to two years and 12 percent volunteered that troops should be brought home now.

    Meanwhile, Bush’s approval ratings have dropped to 42 percent; 51 percent of Americans say they disapprove of the way Bush is handling his job as president. Bush’s approval ratings reached a high of 88 percent in his first term, in the month after the September 11 attacks. Forty-two percent is his low.

    Fifty-four percent of Americans say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll. Just over a third say they are satisfied.

    Bush earns his best marks for homeland security, with 51 percent of Americans saying they are satisfied with his handling of the matter, though that is a drop of six points from a NEWSWEEK poll taken in March. Bush earns significantly lower marks on his handling of the economy (40 percent approve), education (44 percent), energy policy (34 percent), the environment (39 percent) and Social Security (32 percent).

    In general, 28 percent say the war in Iraq has made Americans safer from terrorism; 64 percent say it has not, the poll shows. In the wake of the London attacks, 45 percent of those polled say it’s very likely that Islamic extremists will carry out major terrorist attacks against U.S. cities, buildings or national landmarks in the near future; 37 percent say it’s somewhat likely and 10 percent say it’s not too likely.

    In other matters, 31 percent approve of Bush’s handling of federal funding for stem-cell research, while 52 percent disapprove. And 47 percent approve of Bush’s handling of appointments to the Supreme Court; 35 percent disapprove. Forty-seven percent of Americans polled say that Bush’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, John Roberts ,should be confirmed; 24 percent say he shouldn’t be confirmed and 29 percent say they don’t know.

    And when asked about the reports that White House adviser Karl Rove may have leaked classified information about Valerie Plame, a CIA agent, 45 percent say, from what they’ve heard or read about Rove’s involvement in the case, that they believe he is guilty of a serious crime; 18 percent say he is not guilty of a serious offense and 37 percent say they don’t know, the poll shows.

    The NEWSWEEK poll, conducted Tuesday, Aug. 2, to Thursday, Aug. 4, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. In conducting the poll, Princeton Survey Research Associates International interviewed 1,004 adults aged 18 and older.

    © 2005 Newsweek, Inc.
    © 2005 MSNBC.com

    URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8849936/site/newsweek/

  • #2
    "FOX News

    7/26 - 7/27

    Approve: 47%

    Disapprove: 44%"

    Not that it really matters. He's not going to be up for reelection again.

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    • #3
      Fox News is a right wing channel, poll conducted by it can't be taken seriously.

      I think 42% is the lowest rating of any US president ever, or does anyone any other president sunk even lower than that?

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      • #4
        Originally posted by rotorooter
        Fox News is a right wing channel, poll conducted by it can't be taken seriously.

        I think 42% is the lowest rating of any US president ever, or does anyone any other president sunk even lower than that?
        And Newsweek is left wing. So we can ignore your whole post. And don't be such a hyperbolist - Carter's approval rating was down around 25% in 1979.

        -dale
        Last edited by dalem; 07 Aug 05,, 21:44.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by rotorooter
          Fox News is a right wing channel, poll conducted by it can't be taken seriously.
          And yours is a left wing source. Either way, no poll can be taken seriously. Call a different neighborhood and get different answers...
          No man is free until all men are free - John Hossack
          I agree completely with this Administration’s goal of a regime change in Iraq-John Kerry
          even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act-John Kerry
          He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It’s the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat-John Kerry

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          • #6
            Originally posted by rotorooter
            Fox News is a right wing channel, poll conducted by it can't be taken seriously.
            Newsweek is a left wing news magazine, polls conducted by it can't be taken seriously.

            I think 42% is the lowest rating of any US president ever,
            Your knowledge of history is frighteningly bad.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by dalem
              And Newsweek is left wing. So we can ignore your whole post. And don't be such a hyperbolist - Carter's approval rating was down around 25% in 1979.

              -dale

              Newsweek is mainstream media.

              You may be right about Carter, so is 42% second lowest in the history of American presidents?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by rotorooter
                Newsweek is mainstream media.
                That's meaningless as to their agenda...
                No man is free until all men are free - John Hossack
                I agree completely with this Administration’s goal of a regime change in Iraq-John Kerry
                even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act-John Kerry
                He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It’s the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat-John Kerry

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by rotorooter
                  Newsweek is mainstream media.
                  And FOX isn't? Besides, the whole of MSM has been tilted toward the Left for generations.

                  You may be right about Carter,
                  I "may be" right? Dumba$$.
                  "Long gas-pump lines and short tempers started in California and spread eastward, focusing Americans' outrage over a seemingly endless economic decline. Much of that anger was directed at the White House: Carter's approval rating had dropped to 25%, lower than Richard Nixon's during the Watergate scandal."
                  so is 42% second lowest in the history of American presidents?
                  Look it up yourself if approval ratings are what pokes your prostate.

                  -dale

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                  • #10
                    Well, here's some more data on your poll from the mainstream media, rotorooter:

                    Well, those are the results you get if you ask a bunch of Democrats about a Republican president, I suspect.

                    Take a gander at Questions 2 a. – d. in the toplines of the Ipsos poll (PDF). Of the 79% of respondents who are registered to vote, almost half (49%) describe themselves as “strongly Democrat” or “moderately Democrat,” whereas only 39% describe themselves as “strongly Republican” or “moderately Republican.”

                    As for the 21% of respondents who aren’t even registered to vote? Well, not to sound rude, but who really cares what they think?

                    Question D1c. demonstrates that Ipsos surveyed almost twice as many 18-34 year olds (31%) as they did 65-and-olders (17%). That’s not right.

                    Question D14 is curious, too. 14% of respondents make less that $15,000 per year?

                    Why didn’t they just survey the staff of the DNC?
                    Thanks to Ankle-biting Pundits for the slamma-jamma put-away killshot to THAT nasty piece of hit pseudo-journalism.

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                    • #11
                      Eh, frankly, who gives a ****? It's not like he's up for re-election, even then, the Democrats suck so badly I'm willing to wager he'd still beat anyone they put up.

                      Your hate for Bush doesn't make up for the fact your party has no platform whatsoever that appeals to middle class voters.

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                      • #12
                        *Edit: Trolling*
                        As for the media...when you think about it, no source is neutral since the data you get purely depends on who is presenting it...so lets just average the numbers that the "left wing" media and the "right wing" media gave...

                        Newsweek said 42% and fox said 47%...so teh average is 44.5%.











                        Al Sharpton 2008 :)
                        Last edited by Confed999; 08 Aug 05,, 00:26.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by rotorooter
                          Newsweek is mainstream media.
                          Leftist = Mainstream to you

                          You may be right about Carter, so is 42% second lowest in the history of American presidents?
                          Your ignorance is amazing.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Su-47MKI
                            As for the media...when you think about it, no source is neutral since the data you get purely depends on who is presenting it
                            Exactly, but that doesn't change the fact that polls are next to meaningless. ;)
                            No man is free until all men are free - John Hossack
                            I agree completely with this Administration’s goal of a regime change in Iraq-John Kerry
                            even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act-John Kerry
                            He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It’s the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat-John Kerry

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Su-47MKI
                              Well, this is what happens when you elect a chimp as president I guess...


                              http://www.bushorchimp.com/pics2.html


                              As for the media...when you think about it, no source is neutral since the data you get purely depends on who is presenting it...so lets just average the numbers that the "left wing" media and the "right wing" media gave...

                              Newsweek said 42% and fox said 47%...so teh average is 44.5%.











                              Al Sharpton 2008 :)

                              C'Mon, Buddy. Bush or Chimp? This is the kind of infantile behavior that is giving Republicans ammunition against us Democrats.

                              AL SHARPTON?!?!?
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