Blow for Bush

[JoFerret]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4614818/

[madrchsod]

1. monica?

i know that was dumb..but did bush get blown?

[grytpype]

2. Here's a quote from the article, since the poster couldn't

be bothered...

Richard Clarke’s charge that George W. Bush largely ignored the Al Qaeda threat before the September 11 attacks has dealt a sharp blow to the president’s ratings on a crucial issue. According to the latest NEWSWEEK poll, the percentage of voters who say they approve of the way the president has handled terrorism and homeland security has slid to 57 percent, down from a high of 70 percent two months ago.

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It was a week of difficult news for the Bush campaign: Gasoline prices hit a record high; stocks plummeted; predictions about Medicare's future were bleak; Washington’s tepid response to Israel’s killing of Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin drew international fire and prompted fears of anti-U.S. retaliation. Then Clarke, whose book “Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror,” accuses the Bush administration of not treating terrorism as an urgent priority before the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, repeated his charges in testimony before the commission investigating them. With the president’s leadership in the war on terror the centerpiece of his re-election campaign, Bush saw drops in his approval ratings on both terrorism and Iraq. According to the poll, 44 percent of all voters approve of his handling of the war, whereas 50 percent disapprove (up from 39 percent disapproving at the end of last year). And more voters say Bush’s handling of postwar Iraq makes them less likely to vote for him (42 percent) than say it makes them more likely to support him (34 percent).

[gristy]

6. Here's the most amazing part of this:

8 points of that 13 point drop occured just in the past week, according to another thread.

[darkstar]

3. Hilarious!

Sounds like some top-secret code name from the Champaigne Unit's classified files in the early 70's.

[bluestateguy]

4. He gave up the blow in 1974

Or, in 1982, er, 1986, yes, that it. Oh, never mind.

[Fridays Child]

5. Check out the numbers in this related MSNBC web poll!

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4569001/

[donhakman]

7. Most people will see right through bush now no matter what he says

[acmavm]

8. That poll doesn't look good for the bush* administration, does it?

Voted by the way.

[Skittles]

9. it's a good article Jo but you do need to post a snippet

to give the readers a taste of what the article is all about. :)