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

To: Neocon who wrote (163448)	7/23/2001 8:18:19 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

American public: Hillary ranks as worst and most despised First Lady, Laura Bush soars w/ 81 percent approving her improvement of the office after it was debased by eight years of rampant Clintonism: They love Laura George W. Bush's pre-election prediction that his wife would make "a great first lady" has come true, at least in the minds of the public. Just seven months after Mr. Bush took office as president, approval ratings for his wife are soaring, with a full 81 percent of Americans agreeing that Laura Bush has "improved the image of the first lady," according to the latest Harris Poll, released last week. Public sentiment about her predecessor, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, is divided with 48 percent of those polled responding that the New York Democrat had "harmed" the image of first wife, and 52 percent saying she improved it. Forty-five percent of Americans, however, rank Mrs. Clinton as the "most intelligent" first lady, according to the poll, which looked at public opinion concerning the last nine first ladies who have lived in the White House since 1960. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis emerges as the most beloved first lady of the past 40 years, followed by Nancy Reagan, the poll found. Mrs. Onassis, a style icon who died of cancer in 1996, also was regarded by the public as first lady who "best represented the United States with the rest of the world." Former first lady Barbara Bush came in second behind Mrs. Onassis as the first lady who was the "best role model for women in America." The poll was conducted between June 7 and 17 and surveyed online the opinions of 1,246 adults. washtimes.com