Views On Economy Worsen - CBS Poll 60% say it's Bad

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/13/opinion/polls/main568080.shtml

Americans are getting more pessimistic about the economy – 60 percent say it's bad, the highest number recorded in a CBS News poll in ten years – and a majority disapproves of the way President Bush is handling it.

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Many think declines in the economy and the job market have occurred under the Bush Administration’s watch, and the President receives poor ratings in this area. In this poll, 36% approve and 52% disapprove of his handling of the economy -- his most negative evaluations in this area since he took office.

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Due in part to the positive assessments of his handling of Iraq, Bush’s overall job approval rating is more positive; 55% approve and 35% disapprove.

Overall, Bush receives only a modicum of blame for current economic conditions. Most think Bush’s policies have had an impact on the economy, but believe that impact has been small. 48% believe the Administration’s policies have had a little impact, and 37% think those policies have had a lot of impact. But perhaps as a result of the tax cuts that have been implemented, the Bush Administration’s policies are seen as having a greater effect on the economy now than the public thought in January 2002.

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Among those who think the economy is on the upswing, 37% give him lot of credit for its recovery. But among those who think the economy is getting worse, 56% place a lot of blame on Bush and his policies.

[zekeson]

1. and the other 40 percent

are complete and total morans or just received tens of thousands of dollars in tax refunds that they will not re-invest in the economy but will place in their mattresses.

[KoKo]

2. Does it sound to anyone else like this is being spun from within?

People Blame Bush for the failing Economy but then down in the next to last paragraph they don't .....

Still I guess this is better than we would have hoped for from a poll and his numbers may be worse than what they say.

No wonder he was out on the Pig Farm Lawn today with Elaine Chou and John Snow! He didn't let Chou talk, though to speak about when the job losses are going to stop. No, it was a photo-op all about Bush to show off his....well, you know.....those jeans, or shirt or whatever he was into in his wardrobe today.