What the $87 Billion Speech Cost Bush (Dupe...sorry)

[cthrumatrix]

What the $87 Billion Speech Cost Bush
Polls May Indicate That TV Address Eroded President's Support on Iraq

By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, September 20, 2003; Page A02


President Bush has often used major speeches to bolster his standing with the public, but pollsters and political analysts have concluded that his recent prime-time address on Iraq may have had the opposite effect -- crystallizing doubts about his postwar plans and fueling worries about the cost.

A parade of polls taken since the Sept. 7 speech has found notable erosion in public approval for Bush's handling of Iraq, with a minority of Americans supporting the $87 billion budget for reconstruction and the war on terrorism that he unveiled.

"If Bush and his advisers had been looking to this speech to rally American support for the president and for the war in Iraq, it failed," said Frank Newport, editor in chief of the Gallup poll. He said Bush's speech may have cost him more support than it gained, "because it reminded the public both of the problems in Iraq and the cost."

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37198-2003Sep19.html

Is it the money or the lies....take your pick.

[lindashaw]

1. Just wait until his speech to the UN next week...have a feeling that

it will be a major bomb. Everyone is ready to help, they just want some of the oil. Bush says, "Nope, not a drop."

[R Hickey]

2. Dupe

This story is already posted.

[izzie]

3. They will blame it on the writer. Bush does no wrong.

Also let him stay at Canp Davies for a while. Hard job cleaning up after Bush and now it is cleaning up after the Vice.As a fact I have not met one person ONE PERSON that likes this man. How does he stay so high in the polls?Maybe people are finally seeing things as they really are.