Tuesday, May 08, 2007
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Poll: Americans disapprove of Bush’s Iraq veto
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Bush made comments May 1 on Iraq, following his veto of the $124 billion Iraq Supplemental Funding Bill.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of the U.S. public disapproves of President Bush’s decision to veto a war spending bill that called for U.S. troops to leave Iraq in […]
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AP Photo/ Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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March 1, 2007, 6:40 pm
New Bush, Iraq Poll Numbers
By Marjorie Connelly
In the months since the Congressional elections, President Bush has lost substantial support among members of his own party, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll.
Mr. Bush’s approval rating dropped 13 percentage points since last fall among Republicans, […]
POLL: Americans Strongly Support Murtha’s Iraq Plan
The Washington Post editorial board — which four years ago called President Bush’s plan for war in Iraq “an operation essential to American security” — is now harshly attacking Rep. John Murtha’s (D-PA) effort to increase support for the overstretched U.S. military and restrain Bush’s Iraq escalation.
The Post claims […]
A Sorry State
Following his State of the Union address, President Bush’s approval rating hits a new low in the NEWSWEEK poll, as Sen. Hillary Clinton enjoys an early lead among the field of likely candidates in the ’08 race.
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Khue Bui for Newsweek
Live Vote
Should Congress try to stop President Bush from deploying more U.S. troops in […]
McCain no longer rocks in Granite State
By Brett Arends
Boston Herald Business Columnist
Thursday, January 18, 2007
As Mitt, Hillary, Barack and a dozen others jump into the presidential stampede, something interesting is happening in New Hampshire.
For seven years, conventional wisdom has said that the state’s pivotal independent voters would line up behind maverick Sen. John McCain, as […]
I liked the refusal to answer hypothetical questions best. Here’s one: Let us say you had to take an intelligence test to run for senator. Would you pass?
Iraq Vote: What the Senators Said
28 of 77 Told ABC News They Would Vote Differently
Jan. 5, 2007 — - Of the 77 Senators who voted to authorize the […]
W is napping.
Down on the war
Poll: More troops unhappy with Bush’s course in Iraq
By Robert Hodierne
Senior managing editor
The American military — once a staunch supporter of President Bush and the Iraq war — has grown in creasingly pessimistic about chances for victory.
For the first time, more troops disapprove of the president’s han dling of the […]
TIME MAGAZINE
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006
“By JOE KLEIN
Only a seriously diseased political junkie-one without a life, one who hates to go holiday shopping, one like me-would give a local Presidential poll more than a nanosecond’s attention this early in the political process. But…hey, it’s Iowa and the results are kind of interesting. The Des Moines Register […]
Reality is not this family’s strong suit.
Laura Bush blames the press for W’s in-the-toilet ratings.
The press had been embarrassingly pliant for a long time.
Please find story and video at Think Progress.
his wife and dog may have already joined the other side.
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The image is that of CBS. The overstatement is mine.
December 11, 2006
BUSH’S JOB HANDLING IRAQ
Now
Approve
21%
Disapprove
75%
11/14/2006
Approve
29%
Disapprove
67%
Opposition to the war is now taking on historic proportions, with 62 percent saying it was “a mistake” to send U.S. troops to Iraq — slightly more than told a […]