This is two weeks old. And I heard you about ethanol.
Our prices here are $2 average.
"A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows Mr. Bush falling to hit a tepid 50% approval rating, the lowest presidential approval rating in more than five years, largely because of declining support from independent and moderate voters. The survey also shows a drop in the public's view of the Republican Party, with Democrats preferred in their approaches to a range of priority issues from health care to energy...
"Amid continued economic sluggishness, Democrats hold the same six-percentage-point advantage as the party best able to deal with the economy that they held when Mr. Bush launched his presidential bid two years ago. Americans approve of his handling of the economy by only a 12-point margin, 50% to 38%, a significant decline from Journal-NBC polls earlier this year.
"On energy policy, a Bush priority now shared by the public amid rising fuel costs and electricity shortages, Americans favor the Democrats' responses to the GOP's. On protecting the environment, they side with Mr. Bush's opponents by a ratio of more than 3 to 1. And on the issue before the U.S. Senate this week – the rights of patients to challenge decisions by managed health-care companies – Americans clearly say they trust Democrats in Congress to write the legislation rather than Mr. Bush."
The Los Angeles Times finds an incredibly skeptical public on the state's number one issue: keeping the lights on. "Despite disruptive blackouts and record increases in their utility bills, most Californians remain unconvinced that the state suffers from a shortage of energy, a Los Angeles Times poll has found.
"Instead, more than five out of six Californians believe power companies have manipulated the electricity market to boost their profits, the poll shows.And although nearly all respondents agree that the state's energy crisis is a serious problem, they express little faith that their leaders can solve it. |
