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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (140677)	4/26/2001 3:43:47 PM
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The Dem Congressional whiners are on the loose. They should give Bush another 5 points approval by the end of the week. Democrats Thumbs Down on Bush's First 100 Days By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats came out swinging against President Bush (news - web sites) on Thursday, charging that despite good public approval ratings he has shown in his first 100 days in office to be a man of high-priced special interests, not the working people. In trying to get the public to focus more on his ``extremist record'' rather than sunny disposition, Democrats blasted Bush on a variety of fronts, from rolling back on environmental and workplace protections to pushing a tax cut primarily for the rich. Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle said after three months of the Bush White House, people can finally understand the true meaning of the president's ``compassionate conservatism.'' ``It is compassion for conservatives,'' Daschle said at a rally on the Capitol lawn, drawing laughter and applause from a few hundred people, many of them fellow congressional Democrats. ``Under FDR (President Franklin Delano Roosevelt), all we had to fear was fear itself,'' Daschle said. ``Now we have to fear arsenic in our drinking water, pollutants in our air, drilling in our public lands, a rollback of woman's rights and workers rights and the return of crippling deficits.'' Gephardt Sums Up: ``Disappointment'' House of Representatives Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt added: ``I think the first 100 days can be summed up in one word: disappointment.'' Since Roosevelt's first term, pundits and members of the press have used the first 100 days of a new president's term as a time to reflect on the country's new leadership. Democrats used that benchmark to issue a report card giving Bush ``D's'' and ``F's'' in about a dozen subjects, including health care, campaign finance reform, energy, taxes and defense. Their thumbs-down review came out as public opinion surveys showed most Americans approve how Bush has handled his job, even though many have concerns in some areas. A new Reuters poll of 754 voters conducted April 23-25 by John Zogby found 63 percent viewed Bush either very or somewhat favorably while 35 percent viewed him either somewhat or very unfavorably. But the poll with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points showed the public disagreeing with Bush's handling of several issues, most notably the environment. Other recent polls have shown Bush with percentage approval ratings in the upper 50s or low 60s, the same general range as most president of the last half century. Daschle, Gephardt and other Democrats insisted they are not frustrated by these numbers, saying Bush is merely enjoying a traditional ``honeymoon period'' given all new president. Stephen Hess, a congressional and presidential scholar at the Brookings Institution, said, ``Bush is about average with other presidents after their first 100 days.'' ``The public is beginning to see his leadership qualities, but I think it's still split about him in a number of areas and that's what Democrats are playing to,'' Hess said. ``As the opposition party, Democrats are already getting ready for the 2002 election,'' when a third of the Senate and the entire House will be up for grabs, Hess said. Said Rep. Gregory Meeks (news - bio - voting record), a New York Democrat, ``Bush's 'honeymoon' is coming to an end and people are now starting to take a hard look at what is really going on.'' ``What we have to do is help get out the word and that is what we are doing today,'' Meeks said. dailynews.yahoo.com