Bush's approval won't rally | Iowa State Daily

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By Ayrel Clark
Daily Staff Writer
December 15, 2003

As the World Trade Towers fell, President George Bush's approval rating rose, reaching near 90 percent at its peak.

The capture of Saddam Hussein, however, is unlikely to cause the presidential rally numbers seen after Sept. 11, local experts said.

Josh Reicks, senior in political science and president of the ISU College Republicans, said Bush's approval will not jump as it did after Sept. 11 because that day caused a uniquely patriotic feeling throughout the country.

The war in Iraq has been such an "ongoing affair," that it won't cause the surge seen after the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, Reicks said. . . .

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