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No Comparison: Bush Poll Numbers Beat Bill Clinton’s
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| September 9, 2003
| David Winston
Posted on 09/09/2003 11:50:58 AM PDT by veronica
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To: veronica
You have to remember Clinton had a weak opponent and strong economy. Bush will hopefully have both, but if not, the comparison is probably not valid. But their point that 55% approval is not historically low is valid.
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posted on
09/09/2003 2:19:45 PM PDT
by
lasereye
To: veronica
But, to paraphrase Newton, what goes up eventually comes down. Newton never said that!
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posted on
09/09/2003 5:17:36 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: zencat
President Bush will win the 2004 relection. There is no if or but. Especially with those 9 clowns running
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posted on
09/09/2003 10:18:37 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Advice to Hillary. Please engage brain before opening mouth)
To: veronica
As usual, it's the question and how it was asked and to whom it was asked like adults, likely voters, or registered voters.
Then there is the subset of figures you never read that weigh on the polls like the number of men vs. women, blacks vs. whites, Dems vs. Republicans vs. Independents, etc.
And the Bush's ratings have been up and down for the last nine months. He was in "decline" back in July but suddenly shot back up to the 59-60% level and then back down to the 55% level and it's another "decline". And forget Zogby, his poll is asked as "excellent, good, fair and poor" and he puts 'fair' with 'poor' and implies it's a negative.
Even toe-sucker extraordinaire, Dick Morris, says that most polls are "defintely or somewhat" approve or the same for disapprove and he'd consider 'fair" as 'somewhat approve'. And Zogby doesn't give you the numbers in those categories. I'd like to see the percentage of 'poor' only to compare.
But the bottom line is like the article says. These numbers are high for any president. The Dems jump on generic polls but never talk about the "Bush vs. X" where X is named. Once you put X=Gephardt or X=Dean, Bush's percentage increases to the mid 50's, well enough to beat anyone in the election.
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posted on
09/09/2003 10:33:34 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(Democrats have stunted brain development!)
To: veronica
I think the Dems are making a huge mistake right now. Taking Bush on directly on Terrorism, Iraq etc. is stupid. The average american won't go for it and they know we have to be strong. The UN sucks and Americans know it. We hate the French and don't want to be friends with them anymore. We want a missle shield, our SUV's and Lights on.
The Dems would be better off promising the never-never-land big Gov't promises but the problem is Bush has cut them off on most of their issues.
Dem in the 2004 debates: We need better Education and pay teachers more Bush: I gave them another 80 Billion dollars
The only thing that will save the Dems right now is a third party miracle that takes votes away from Bush II
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posted on
09/09/2003 10:50:27 PM PDT
by
america-rules
(I'm one proud American right now !)
To: veronica; Grampa Dave; Howlin
This got posted almost a month ago and only two dozen replies?
Why, where are all the anti-Bushies who have been trolling FR, spouting GW's plummeting poll numbers as (according to them) an indication of his failure as President?
I should build a ping list of these folks.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
I have link this article to many of the bs articles posted by the anti Bushies pretending to be conservatives.
This article is an excellent retort to their bs.
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posted on
10/03/2003 3:50:09 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(W. Clark, "If Karl Rove returned my phone calls, I could have run as a Republican!")
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